344 Corsican Proverbs
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A candidate promises more cheese than bread.2.
A chicken who isn't pecking has already eaten.3.
A Christian forgives, an idiot forgets.4.
A Christmas of games, an Easter by the fire.5.
A closed mouth catches neither flies nor food.6.
A crazy father and mother make sensible children.7.
A curse turns against the one who uttered it.8.
A curse turns around and strikes the one who uttered it in the face.9.
A cursed horse has a shining coat.10.
A father and mother can raise ten children. But ten children aren't enough to keep a father and a mother.11.
A fine rain still soaks you to the bone, but no one takes it seriously.12.
A fool doing what he knows is better than a hundred wise men doing what they don't know.13.
A fortune-teller would never be unhappy.14.
A fox distances itself from a crazy pup.15.
A full purse cannot bend.16.
A good buy is better than a good sale.17.
A good dog gets a good bone.18.
A greedy man's possession is eaten by a pirate.19.
A grunting donkey is nothing to be ashamed of.20.
A horse aged thirty: don't add any more years.