1234 Sicilian Proverbs / Page 45
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The war is lost for too much advice.882.
The weak who opposes the strong, is like the jug that collides with the wall.883.
The weaker the patient is, the sooner the sickness will end.884.
The weight of years is the heaviest load.885.
The white head often lacks good sense.886.
The wild pear has blossomed: the kid goat no longer suffers.887.
The winner is looked upon as the stronger.888.
The woman like the hen, gets lost if she walks too far.889.
The woman without a husband doesn't have a friend.890.
The worker expects to be paid.891.
The world is a wheel, there are some at the top and some who go to the bottom.892.
The worm grazes where it's born.893.
The yawn doesn't lie: it wants you to eat or sleep.894.
The young cock said to the young chicken: the whole world is like our home.895.
The young man plays the flute, the middle aged man plays the harpsichord, the old man plays the organ.896.
There are a hundred owners besides you until the wheat is harvested.897.
There are four things to which you should not lend credence: love of women, the charity of friars, sun in the winter, and clouds in the summer.898.
There are some with thirty, some with thirty-one, with twenty-eight there is but one.899.
There are three tasty morsels: figs, peaches, and melons.900.
There are three who have to give an accounting to God; the judges, the priests, and the godparents.