1234 Sicilian Proverbs / Page 46
901.
There are two powers to contend with, those with a lot and those with nothing.902.
There is always the calm sea before the storm.903.
There is nary a feast or a party without a monk or a priest.904.
There is no knowledge without experience.905.
There is no master who can fix the ravages of old age.906.
There is no table without wine nor sermon without Augustine.907.
There is no victory without sacrifice.908.
There is rarely gain without deception.909.
There isn't a Holy Week without the fifty days, nor the fifty days without the Sirocco.910.
There isn't a Pentecost without a Sirocco nor a woman without a bow.911.
There's always room for a tasty treat.912.
There's always time for Mass.913.
There's honor among thieves.914.
There's no defense against the wrath of God.915.
There's no plan that can handle the vagaries of March.916.
There's nothing fixed under the sky and the moon.917.
Things for children, apple, almonds and hazel nuts.918.
Think back, old trunk, to when you were a sprout.919.
Though trouble be lame, it will arrive.920.
Three things make a man rich: Earning and not spending, promising and not doing, buying and not selling.