Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about Olderness, page 3

55 proverbs and old sayings sicilian about olderness

In old age your strength decreases and your appetite increases.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about olderness

The old woman doesn't want fun, she wants bread, wine, and fire.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about olderness

When the old man falls, don't laugh, the young have also fallen.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about olderness

You fool an old woman once; the next time she shuts the door on you.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about olderness

You're wasting your time trying to interest the old in new endeavors.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about olderness

From September to August drink the old wine and leave the must to age.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about olderness

Who fails to show restraint in their youth, will be miserable in their old age.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about olderness

Who leaves the old way for the new, the trouble not looked for, will be found there.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about olderness

If you marry you'll suffer in your youth, if you don't marry you'll suffer in your old age.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about olderness

The old never lack for a story when they're standing in the sun or in front of a warm fireplace.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about olderness

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 olderness

Who has never had good sense, and by age thirty still doesn't, certainly will never have it after that.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about olderness

If the young had the motivation and the old had the strength, there'd be nothing that couldn't be accomplished.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about olderness

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 olderness

If you don't know by age twenty, don't do by age thrity, don't have by age forty, you will never know, never do, and never have.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about olderness