25 Sicilian Proverbs about Them
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Pee on the ruins before they build a temple over them.2.
If someone can take whatever you have, give them whatever they ask for.3.
Bitter things, hold them dear; sweet things, keep them enclosed.4.
You won't know who your friends are until you need them.5.
Love, everyone says it's bitter, but everyone wants to see for themselves if it's true.6.
Holy souls! One of them gathers and many eat.7.
Cavaliers, priests, and dangerous places, speak nicely about them but keep your distance.8.
If the olive trees blossom in April, you'll have enough to collect them with barrels; if they bud in May, you'll have enough to fill a small measure; but if as late as June, you'll only be collecting handfuls.9.
Marriage and maids, don't suggest them because you'll be cursed.10.
Who has many comforts and does not use them, won't find a confessor who will grant him absolution.11.
Donkeys and women, beat them with a stick, to keep them at task.12.
Avoid doctors and always keep them far away.13.
Curses: like chaff, who throws them, catches them.14.
Justice and fire, keep them at arms length.15.
Justice and health, woe to the one who seeks them.16.
Freedom and health, who has them is rich and doesn't know it.17.
May waters drench peasants and lords or gentlemen, as many of them as it encounters.18.
A wife and a nag, choose them from your neighborhood.19.
Pigs and children will turn out the way you teach them.20.
When things are being thrown away, buy them.Proverbs about Them
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