Whoever buys useless things will soon be selling his necessities.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about things
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An overbearing wife and a shouting husband will never be in peace.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about husband, peace, wife
If you put seeds where there are rushes you won't gather toasties.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment
Men are not weighed by hundredweight, but by the ounce, like gold.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about man
Better to be born a limpet in the sea, than a load bearing donkey.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
At Caltagirone a hairy conscience and a crown with fifteen places.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about conscience
If you see a Greek and a wolf, avoid the wolf and shoot the Greek.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment
Once you've used enough seasoning; using more will spoil the dish.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment
You can't drive donkeys without a stick, nor horses without spurs.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment
One hair from the head of a woman pulls more than a ship's hauser.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about heads, woman
Prune the vines on the January moon if you want to fill the casks.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about moon, contentment
Only he knows how to command, who knows the one who is commanding.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
Where there are monks and priests, there is adultery and beatings.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
January chicks fill the hen house, August chicks fill the baskets.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about home, house
In January you slaughter the lambs in February you work the skins.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about work, contentment
When they give you a piglet, run there quickly with a little cord.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment
Putting hope in a monk, is like trying to catch the wind in a net.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about hope, trap
Not all the red-faced are drunkards nor all the yellow-faced sick.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
Olives harvested with a heavy staff will produce poor tasting oil.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
The fresh air from the square is better than a draft from a crack.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about air
