1234 Sicilian Proverbs / Page 7
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As long as you're moving about you can always regain good health.122.
As Maguni the Carthaginian used to say: work to the vineyard, mind the store.123.
As the weather goes, so goes the patient.124.
As you pay the price with the fertilizer, the hoe and pruning determines the harvest of the olives.125.
As you treat me, so I'll treat you.126.
Asparagus and mushrooms teach a cook humility.127.
At Cąccamu there are the boors at Termini the brunette slaves; and at Palermo long-stemmed roses, beautiful on the outside and rotten on the inside.128.
At Caltagirone a hairy conscience and a crown with fifteen places.129.
At death, one's words and defects are buried.130.
At fifty a man is either the Pope or a fool.131.
At Taormina every climb has its descent.132.
At the dining table you should eat without constraint.133.
At the pharmacy don't taste, at the blacksmith's don't touch.134.
August rain brings oil, honey and must.135.
Avoid doctors and always keep them far away.136.
Avoid the bad, love the good, because things change in a moment.137.
Bad luck wears out even the stout-hearted.138.
Be born rich, live parsimoniously and die rich.139.
Be friendly with everyone and counsel with few.140.
Be slow to reach for your purse and quick to tip your hat.