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A good old man is better than a bad young man.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about bad luck, man, bad, good, good luck, old, olderness

A woman who is young and beautiful is never poor.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about woman

The fourth fever kills the old and cures the young.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about old, olderness

You get work from the young and advice from the old.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about advice, work, old, olderness

Who spares himself while young, will work until he's old.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about work, old, olderness

Death respects neither young nor old, neither poor nor rich.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about death, wealth, old, olderness

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

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about old, olderness

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

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wealth

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

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about man, old, olderness

For tender almonds go to Aragona, to see beautiful young girls go to Favara.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

A good kid goat comes from a young goat and a good lamb from a strong sheep.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about good, good luck

Inexperienced young men are better off not marrying: Stay away from women! you'll be better off.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about man

The young man plays the flute, the middle aged man plays the harpsichord, the old man plays the organ.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about man, old, olderness

If the young had the motivation and the old had the strength, there'd be nothing that couldn't be accomplished.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about motivation, nothing, old, olderness

Do you want to see a wolf with young? Marry your daughter.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

A young woman is to an old man the horse that he rides to hell.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about hell, woman, man, old, olderness

The old man at home, and the young abroad, lie after the same fashion.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about fashion, lie, home, man, old, olderness

From a praying young man, and a fasting old man, God preserve my cloak.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about fasting, god, man, old, olderness

The old for want of ability, and the young for want of knowledge, let things be lost.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about ability, knowledge, things, old, olderness

Do you want to see a wolf with young (i.e. an insatiable plunderer)? Marry your daughter.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish