1234 Sicilian Proverbs / Page 12
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December takes but June repays you.222.
Delicious things satiate little.223.
Dig the hoe in well in the vineyard and pull out the bad growth and the weed.224.
Do a good job of rooting out the turf and you'll prosper enough to enjoy focaccia.225.
Do as I say and not as I do.226.
Do good and forget it, do bad and think about it.227.
Do nothing and nothing will be known.228.
Do what you have to do and don't watch what others do.229.
Do what you think is best.230.
Do you want to experience real thirst? Then try eating bitter cardoons and roasted fava beans.231.
Do you want to know the best play? Do good and speak little.232.
Do you want to make the mute speak? Get rid of his troubles.233.
Doctors learn on their patients.234.
Dogs bark and oxen graze.235.
Dogs that bark, protect you.236.
Don't be foolish and awe struck, because foolishness is telling but cursing doesn't hit home.237.
Don't be foolish! because foolishness hits the mark and cursing doesn't.238.
Don't become a sheep unless you want to be a wolf's meal.239.
Don't buy houses near convents nor dwellings near abbeys.240.
Don't celebrate promises, and don't fear threats.