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September brings acorn and olives.702.
Serve the Lord and you'll see what pain is.703.
Set the sails according to the wind.704.
She has a great marriage without a mother-in-law or a sister-in-law.705.
Sickness is a visit by God.706.
Sickness is awful, but a relapse is worse.707.
Sickness, if it doesn't kill, it purifies.708.
Silence is the soul of negotiation.709.
Sister Nicola said: Don't put the pasta basket in the water until it's boiling.710.
Sit, sit, daughter, sit, because good fortune is coming.711.
Sometimes the rope is too short, sometimes the well is too deep.712.
Sore is the mouth that loses its first tooth.713.
Sow fava bean and flax with confidence while you still have a full silo.714.
Sow with the Sirocco but not with the North wind.715.
Spare the ox in August so that it's ready to work in October.716.
Speak little in the company of the old.717.
Spend Easter and Christmas with whomever you want, but celebrate Mardi Gras with your own.718.
Spit at heaven and you'll get it back in your face.719.
Stand by your own whether right or wrong.720.
Starting is always difficult, but every desire is attainable.