1234 Sicilian Proverbs / Page 6
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Always ask a higher price, because you can always lower it.102.
Always use spurs with a horse, whether it's mean or gentle.103.
Among friends and relatives don't buy or sell anything.104.
An appetite is a true companion to plain bread.105.
An empty bag cannot stand upright.106.
An empty sack cannot stand up alone.107.
An evening rainbow means good weather in the morning, a rainbow in the morning fills wells and fountains.108.
An honest wife is a treasure that lasts, a sad wife is worse than the plague.109.
An old business doesn't need advertising.110.
An old disease can't be cured.111.
An old sin, a new sentence.112.
An overbearing wife and a shouting husband will never be in peace.113.
An unfullfilled vow is as if it had not been made.114.
An unrequested excuse is a self accusation.115.
April is the time for sweet sleep, don't take things off, don't put things on.116.
April is the time for the fava, but if not here, then surely by the sea.117.
April makes the flowers and the beauty, but May gets all the credit.118.
April, as you see me; May, as I stay; June, as I am; by July, let everything fly.119.
Around and around, the moth dies in the candle flame.120.
As long as you don't trust, you won't be cheated.