1234 Sicilian Proverbs / Page 9
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Better to die than to suffer.162.
Better to give than to receive.163.
Better to have a good friend than a bad relative.164.
Beware of false friends with wagging tongues.165.
Beware when you deal with sharpies.166.
Bitter things, hold them dear; sweet things, keep them enclosed.167.
Blessed is the house that has a son who is a cleric.168.
Blessed is the one who cares for his soul.169.
Both cold and hunger make the mouth quiver.170.
Both water and fire need to be treated with respect.171.
Bread and cheese, neither beneficial nor bad.172.
Bread and wine strengthen the back.173.
Break the soil when it's moist, plow with the warm weather, and do the seeding on time.174.
Brothers, rivers and priests are three bad neighbors.175.
Buy at the cost of four and sell at the cost of eight.176.
Buy good quality and sell at the market price.177.
Buyer beware.178.
Buying teaches you to sell and earning teaches you to spend.179.
By candle light, neither women nor cloth.180.
By cultivating bottom land, you gain sustenance and goods.