1234 Sicilian Proverbs / Page 49
961.
Water, advice, and salt unasked for should not be given.962.
We go forward in order to go backwards.963.
We have but one soul to lose.964.
We keep an eye on the scorpion and the serpent, but we do not watch out for the millipede.965.
We learn by standing on the shoulders of the wise.966.
We're many rivers from the same water.967.
Wealth and holiness, believe only half, if you believe less, you'll do better.968.
Weapons are of no use to the fearful.969.
What good is faith if you don't live by it.970.
What has the rooster of Sciacca been reduced to, to be pecked by the hen.971.
What is given by God, can't be lacking.972.
What the eyes don't see, the heart doesn't believe.973.
Whatever you have to do, do it quickly.974.
When a poor man gets lucky, nothing can contain him.975.
When a rich man caresses a poor man, he's going to take advantage of him.976.
When a rich man comes to bad times, he doesn't know what to do.977.
When an old man falls in love he is teased by everyone.978.
When April is rainy, and May is windy, the year will be fruitful.979.
When birds aren't making a mess it's a sign that it's been a bad year.980.
When cranes migrate, bad weather can't be far off.