You fool an old woman once; the next time she shuts the door on you.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about woman, time, contentment, old, olderness
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The horse chained to the feeding trough and the mare in the thicket.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
Where there's a senior the minor yields, said the chick in the cage.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
She has a great marriage without a mother-in-law or a sister-in-law.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about law, marriage, mother
There isn't a Pentecost without a Sirocco nor a woman without a bow.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about woman
April makes the flowers and the beauty, but May gets all the credit.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about flowers, beauty
If you want to have a happy life, stay far away from your relatives.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about happiness, life, contentment
Who doesn't approach with disbelief, won't see the face of paradise.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about paradise, face
The husbands belong to the wives and hookers are for the wild beast.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
Don't let yourself get far away from your jackasses, women, and oxen.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
You'll realize he was a friend when you lose him and see him no more.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment
God protect us from the Sicilian cop especially if he's from Palermo.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about police, god
You're wasting your time trying to interest the old in new endeavors.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about interest, time, old, olderness, contentment
If you go fishing and catch nothing, go to the henhouse and get eggs.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about fishing, trap, nothing, contentment
Overwhelming courtesy raises concern that you may be being deceitful.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about worry, being, contentment
When there's a clear horizon in winter, there'll be the devil to pay.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about devil
The man who chases mules and believes women will never get to Heaven.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about man
Everything goes down the slope and everyone is inclined to the worst.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
When sweethearts want each other, the parents must inevitably accede.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about parents
It takes bales of hundredweight because a fire of straw lasts little.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about fire, fire brigade
