1234 Sicilian Proverbs / Page 55
1081.
Who gets married to a thin woman will know bitterness and strife, who marries a plump woman will be contented at the table and sleeping chamber.1082.
Who gets married will be happy for a day, who butchers a pig will be happy for a year.1083.
Who goes hunting without dogs, comes home without rabbits.1084.
Who goes out in the morning finds a carlin.1085.
Who goes to the fair without money, goes with one problem and returns with three.1086.
Who got up, lost his place, who sat down, found it.1087.
Who has a priest at home, has plenty of food.1088.
Who has cold hands is in love, who has warm hands is loved.1089.
Who has convenience and doesn't seize it, tie him to a stall and give him straw.1090.
Who has lived a good life has a good death.1091.
Who has many comforts and does not use them, won't find a confessor who will grant him absolution.1092.
Who has money, spouts wisdom.1093.
Who has never had good sense, and by age thirty still doesn't, certainly will never have it after that.1094.
Who hopes for alms from the priests, winds up at the insane asylum.1095.
Who insists on running up a slope, is confused and crazy.1096.
Who is blind, dumb and deaf will live a peaceful life of a hundred years.1097.
Who is defeated by words is not always convinced by the truth.1098.
Who is late and not missed, mustn't call himself missing.1099.
Who leaves the old way for the new, the trouble not looked for, will be found there.1100.
Who likes you well will come to your house.