Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about Man, page 4

68 proverbs and old sayings sicilian about man

The rich man breaks through the mesh and escapes, the afflicted man remains in the net and is caught.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about man

The young man plays the flute, the middle aged man plays the harpsichord, the old man plays the organ.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about man

If you show a rich man kindness, you gain nothing, but when you wrong him he avenges himself instantly.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about man

Three things make a man rich: Earning and not spending, promising and not doing, buying and not selling.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about man

The ideal is a four year old dog, an eight year old horse, an eighteen year old woman and a twenty eight year old man.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about man

The man who marries gives up liberty and accepts responsibility and it's said: The poor guy, who would have thought it.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about man

The oil merchant handles gold and diamonds; the grain merchant does business with silver, but the wine merchant is a poor man.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about man

You need four men to make a good salad: a crazy man to mix it, a scholar for the salt, a miser for a touch of vinegar, and a squanderer for the oil.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about man