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Neither the baskets of the farmer nor the baskets of the abbey.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

Who gets angry without reason, makes peace without satisfaction.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about reason, peace

A woman who counsels you either puts you in a skirt or a bridle.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about woman, contentment

Castedduvitranu, Castelvetrano, rich in eggplants and good wine.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wine, wealth, good, good luck

God save us from a mistaken summons and poorly informed justice.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about justice, god

Whoever sows alongside the road, tires the oxen and wastes seed.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

Donkeys and women, beat them with a stick, to keep them at task.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

Bitter things, hold them dear; sweet things, keep them enclosed.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about things, bitter

Marriage and maids, don't suggest them because you'll be cursed.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about marriage, contentment

Believe only a little of what you see and nothing that you hear.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about faith, nothing, contentment

When you see that it's going astray, take the mule by the reins.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment

Who seeks that which he must not, finds that which he wants not.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

Avoid the bad, love the good, because things change in a moment.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about moment, change, things, bad luck, love, bad, good, good luck

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

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wine, fire, fire brigade, woman, old, olderness

If your neighbor's house is afire, fetch water to save your own.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about home, house, water

Who chooses a wife based on the dowry, will have a painful life.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wife, life

For sulphur, wheat, wine, and wool, come to the towns of Sicily.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wine

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

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about man, old, olderness

If it isn't wintry in January then expect the worst in February.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

The grill said to the frying pan: I want big fishes not minnows.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian