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Spare the ox in August so that it's ready to work in October.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about work

At the pharmacy don't taste, at the blacksmith's don't touch.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

Love, beauty and money are three things that can't be hidden.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about beauty, things, money, love

Marriage would be beautiful if it weren't for cradle rocking.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about marriage

True love burns within the heart, better than flax and straw.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about heart, love

To appear and not to be is like weaving and not making cloth.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

Freedom and health, who has them is rich and doesn't know it.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wealth

Get your ox from a young cow and your horse from an old mare.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about old, olderness

The most important thing you have to do is to save your soul.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about soul, things, contentment

Starting is always difficult, but every desire is attainable.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

No one will steal it from you if they don't know you have it.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment

On the new year daylight increases as much as a man's stride.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about man

When the poor man patches himself up, he seems newly dressed.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about man

Give monks a wide berth, and as for priests just attend Mass.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

Use your time as best you can, keeping the hoe and oxen ready.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about use, time, contentment

You're young if you're healthy, and rich if you have no debts.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wealth, contentment

Being in love with a married woman is living on borrowed time.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about being, woman, time, love

A stone that gathers no moss will be washed away by the river.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

With selling and buying there are neither friends nor cronies.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

You never get enough of kissing a sweetheart or eating snails.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about kiss, contentment