1234 Sicilian Proverbs / Page 26
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Inexperienced young men are better off not marrying: Stay away from women! you'll be better off.502.
Involuntary love is worthless.503.
It is written in sacred scripture: where grass is growing you don't need fertilizer.504.
It takes bales of hundredweight because a fire of straw lasts little.505.
It takes both luck and good fortune just to fry eggs.506.
It won't work to tell your feet: come.507.
It's a bad sign when the sick person tosses and turns in bed.508.
It's a good marriage when he's twenty eight and she's eighteen.509.
It's a great advantage to love someone in your neighborhood: you see each other often and you don't have to travel.510.
It's a long way from the said to the done.511.
It's always good to have an old man at a little boy's side.512.
It's better to cajole the beast than to scream at it.513.
It's better to have few pleasures than many troubles.514.
It's better to have ringworm than a farm and vineyard.515.
It's dumb to put snow on the kitchen spit, the snow melts and the fire goes out.516.
It's fun to be a guest.517.
It's healthier to wear out many boots and few bed sheets.518.
It's insane to oppose when you can neither win nor compromise.519.
It's not polite to eat just the center of the cheese and just the crust of the bread.520.
It's pointless to fish if there's no bait on the hook.