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Leave the hot fire and help the woman in labor.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about help, fire, fire brigade, woman

A woman who is young and beautiful is never poor.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about woman

The woman without a husband doesn't have a friend.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about husband, woman

A woman without love is like a rose without a scent.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about woman, love

The man brings the good, but the woman maintains it.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about woman, good, good luck, man

The woman like the hen, gets lost if she walks too far.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about woman

Don't despise a man under a cape nor a woman in tatters.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about woman, man

Chiaramonte, a mountain of gold, every woman is a treasure.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about treasure, woman

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

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

For the man a great sweat, for the woman a great physical pain.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about pain, woman, man

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

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about woman, contentment

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

A woman is like a cat: the more you pet her the better she feels.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about pets, woman, contentment

One hair from the head of a woman pulls more than a ship's hauser.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about heads, woman

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

There isn't a Pentecost without a Sirocco nor a woman without a bow.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about woman

A woman who dresses up and puts on makeup is either in love or a clean whore.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about woman, love

A woman who hugs and squeezes you has deceived you or is seeking to deceive you.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about woman, contentment

Better a woman who is dark-skinned and gracious, than one who is light-skinned and insipid.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about dark, light, woman

If you want a beautiful woman, hurry to Syracuse: if you want her ugly, run to Terranova, go to Rosolini if you want her lazy and to Spaccaforno if you're looking for one to try.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment, woman