Sicilian Proverbs in English Love Friends Sayings
Wine is as sweet as honey but it can be abused.
The man with a beautiful wife is always singing, the one with little money is always counting. |
When the partridge sings in the stone quarry bring the wood into the haystack. |
The woman like the hen, gets lost if she walks too far. |
The honorable man lives in difficulty. |
When there are lots of insects, look for a good grain year. |
To get the best dowry, marry the poor man's first daughter but the rich man's last daughter. |
By Saint Candelora day if it's not snowing or raining, winter is over. |
If you have a business you have to smile at everyone. |
Leave the hot fire and help the woman in labor. |
A long dress makes a lady. |
When you think you have the wind at your back, that's when you'll be disappointed. |
A hitch makes a calf, a sty makes a pig, the open field makes lamb, the hay barn makes a kid goat. |
During an epidemic doctors are happy. |
Keep watch for the appearing mushroom. |
Nothing can end favorably without heavenly guidance. |
The good that you scoff at and ignore, you'll recognize when you lose it. |
Don't trust your enemy's advice. |
Like feathers, words are blown away by the wind. |
Everyone wants to go to heaven; the desire is there but the fortitude is not. |
The time for pressing is while the iron is hot. |
Justice and health, woe to the one who seeks them. |
Tribulations and blessings, if you have them, keep them. |
Cheese, pears and bread, is not the food of peasants. |
While we are the Pope we'll pontificate; who knows if we'll be Pope another time. |
A man is a man to the extent that he sticks by his word. |
Owning land is like fighting a war. |
Women always tend to the bad. |
There are a hundred owners besides you until the wheat is harvested. |
Day doesn't come without night following. |
Who arrives at the mill first, grinds. |
If you want to eat freshly caught fish, you don't want to have a tight purse. |
Everyone runs to cut wood from the fallen tree. |
When you're travelling, don't speak poorly of your neighbor. |
Every beauty has some fault and every plain jane some grace. |
Man is valued for his word, the ox for his horns. |
The justice of God is better than the justice of the world. |
Sicilian Sayings in English |
A good old man is better than a bad young man. |
There is no victory without sacrifice. |
The beauty of the play is to do deeds and speak little. |
Good management and feed give eggs. |
It's useless to tell the lame to run. |
Dig the hoe in well in the vineyard and pull out the bad growth and the weed. |
Happy are those who are well born, but happier are those who have a good death. |
Seed ground that has been fallow, not ground that has just yielded fruitfully. |
Your value is set by your worth. |
God gives cookies to those without teeth. |
If you close the door, the devil will turn his back on you. |
The young man plays the flute, the middle aged man plays the harpsichord, the old man plays the organ. |
Neither believed nor understood is the poor who's offended. |
There is nary a feast or a party without a monk or a priest. |
It's a good marriage when he's twenty eight and she's eighteen. |
There is no knowledge without experience. |
Prune cherry and fig trees mercilessly. |
Though trouble be lame, it will arrive. |
All a doctor's mistakes lie buried. |
A big dog doesn't play around with a lap dog. |
If you don't want to attract attention, don't start something new. |
Sickness is awful, but a relapse is worse. |
Judge wine by its taste, and bread by its color. |
Having a priest in the house is paradise on earth. |
Daughter of a cat, if she doesn't bite she scratches. |
The eggs of the brood need to be an odd number. |
Marry your children with their peers so you won't regret it someday. |
To be rich with bees and mares, is to be rich and have nothing. |
You're never too old to learn. |
Having health without wealth is being half sick. |
Give an apple to the little ones, a book to the old. |
Rice, it goes down but does nothing for me. |
In fair weather, in calm waters and in peaceful travel, even a coachman knows how to sail. |
Speak little in the company of the old. |
A bequest, a found treasure, and parsimony make a man wealthy. |
Donkeys and women, beat them with a stick, to keep them at task. |
To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals. |
If someone can take whatever you have, give them whatever they ask for. |
The man without money seems half sick. |
A coddled cat doesn't catch mice. |
Religion will perish because of excessive comforts. |
The war is lost for too much advice. |
Rain and the hoe make onions. |
No one does something for nothing. |
Youth spent freely, old age spent in poverty. |
Sow with the Sirocco but not with the North wind. |
Strive to be that which you want to appear to be. |
Vegetable garden and mill, don't tell your neighbor how much they yield. |
Kind master, give me hay for all of April. |
Freedom is a plateful of hard crusts. |
One occasion doesn't make the rule. |
You need firm care to cure deep melancholy. |
Better the bad one from a good breed than the better one from a bad breed. |
Her beauty is the only dowery a beautiful girl needs. |
April is the time for sweet sleep, don't take things off, don't put things on. |
Horses should be bays, jackasses should be greys, and mules should be blackish. |
Taking a bite of the bread restores your appetite. |
Not every pain comes to harm you. |
Water does harm but wine comforts. |
For the man a great sweat, for the woman a great physical pain. |
Once you've used enough seasoning; using more will spoil the dish. |
You can't live a long life and remain upright. |
The thief who can't steal anymore has become a Christian. |
Who serves well and quietly, expects a lot. |
Who spares himself while young, will work until he's old. |
A full ear requires three good things: good time, good seeds and good hoeing. |
Put a heavy load on an old donkey. |
Weapons are of no use to the fearful. |
The barking of dogs does not reach heaven. |
Completing a transaction with money borrowed at usury is a bad purchase. |
When the moon is pale, it will rain; when it's red, it will be windy and when it's clear, it will be serene. |
The rich man breaks through the mesh and escapes, the afflicted man remains in the net and is caught. |
Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others. |
Most often a good boss makes a good steward. |
Too much rain makes the green grain fall over. |
Women and cloth should not be bought in the evening. |
Bed rest cures a hurt leg and a sling heals a hurting arm. |
The cockroach inside the oakum, the more it tries to free itself, the more it's caught. |
When a rich man caresses a poor man, he's going to take advantage of him. |
Nut and fig trees need to be pruned aggressively. |
Everyone thinks of his own gain, and plays in this way to deceive his companion. |
Who looks for a quarrel, finds a quarrel. |
Plain oil cures every pain. |
Do you want to experience real thirst? Then try eating bitter cardoons and roasted fava beans. |
Earnings far away get spent along the way. |
When God wants to help you, he comes all the way to your house. |
The poor didn't have but gave to charity. |
A purchased vineyard is tantamount to a stolen vineyard. |
Whoever sows within the vineyard, neither reaps a crop nor harvests grapes. |
The early bird catches the worm. |
Men in glass houses should not throw stones. |
Mountains will never join other mountains but men will confront other men. |
Fleeing is shameful but it preserves life. |
Once broken, the pack-saddle will follow. |
The old woman doesn't want fun, she wants bread, wine, and fire. |
Crooked wood is straightened with fire. |
When the ear of corn hangs to the side the farmer watches it with comfort. |
Laughter without reason, is either crazy or stupid. |
Peace won't settle where a woman rules. |
Wine is as sweet as honey but it can be abused. * |
Bread and wine strengthen the back. |
Who has a priest at home, has plenty of food. |
The fresh air from the square is better than a draft from a crack. |
Who drinks at night, buys himself death, who drinks in bed, buys himself a coffin. |
Starting is always difficult, but every desire is attainable. |
If you marry you'll suffer in your youth, if you don't marry you'll suffer in your old age. |
At the dining table you should eat without constraint. |
Who loses honor won't ever find it. |
The most important thing you have to do is to save your soul. |
Marriage would be beautiful if it weren't for cradle rocking. |
One who is never satisfied is always in need. |
The living who is absent is like a dead man. |
Don't trust a woman who laughs. |
Sicilian Proverbs About Love |
Love without pain is not to be found anywhere. |
Love and jealousy always keep company. |
Love is the more beautiful when it is a little irritated. Sicilian Proverbs About Love Download |
Love entered and you didn't realize it: you wanted to drive it out but you couldn't. |
Love is apportioned, who brings it will have it brought. |
Love the one who loves you, answer the one who calls you. |
Lovers' quarrels increase love. |
Love is like a cucumber, it starts off sweet and ends up bitter. |
Love and arrogance don't go together. |
Love, beauty and money are three things that can't be hidden. |
Love doesn't listen to advice. |
Love, everyone says it's bitter, but everyone wants to see for themselves if it's true. |
Love is the rock of youth and the shoal of old age. |
Love God with all your heart and ignore the gossip-mongers. |
Love is bitter, but it comforts the heart. |
Love me, love my dog. |
Love, coughing, and smoke can't be kept concealed. |
Being in love with a married woman is living on borrowed time. |
Involuntary love is worthless. |
True love burns within the heart, better than flax and straw. |
Without jealousy, love would wither. |
Every little love captured as a playful spark becomes a great flame. |
When an old man falls in love he is teased by everyone. |
A small indignity can destroy a great love. |
You don't choose whom to love and not love. |
Better a poor husband than a lover who's a baron. |
Avoid the bad, love the good, because things change in a moment. |
When loves is willing, it finds a way. |
Don't love the one who loves you, it's tyranny. |
A woman who dresses up and puts on makeup is either in love or a clean whore. |
If you want to be loved by all, first love God, then your mother and father. |
Whoever marries for love will always live in pain. |
New love throws out old love. |
When loves knocks, be sure to answer. |
You will not be loved if you only think of yourself. |
The promises of love and the smoke of a chimney, washed by water and blown away by the wind. |
A woman without love is like a rose without a scent. |
Whoever falls in love with an old person laments their fortune. |
It's a great advantage to love someone in your neighborhood: you see each other often and you don't have to travel. |
When there's love, mountains seem like plains. |
Good manners and not beauty leads to love. |
Although there's a new love, the old love can't be forgotten. |
Who suffers because of love, feels no pain. |
The love of a stranger is like water in a basket. |
Where there is no love there is no charity. |
If you want to be happy, love the one who loves you, because it's a waste of time to love someone who doesn't love you. |
Who loves with his heart sees from a distance. |
Congeniality makes beauty and not beauty love. |
Raising children engenders love. |
If between friends there is not equality, there won't be perfect love. |
Who has cold hands is in love, who has warm hands is loved. |
In war, hunting, and love you suffer a thousand pains for one pleasure. |
The love of a soldier doesn't last long; when the drum rolls; Good bye, dear lady. |
There are four things to which you should not lend credence: love of women, the charity of friars, sun in the winter, and clouds in the summer. |
Who loves God with all his heart, lives happy and dies happy. |
Don't make friends with monks and soldiers. |
God save me from false friends, so that I can protect myself from my enemies. |
Be friendly with everyone and counsel with few. |
The woman without a husband doesn't have a friend. |
Clear pacts, long friendship. |
People with money and friends don't esteem justice. |
A frequent accounting, a long friendship. |
Where malice has taken root, friendship can never be formed. |
If an offense has hurt you too much, leave it, my friend, for a future time. |
Better to have a good friend than a bad relative. |
Never trust your friend with a secret unless he is mute or a dog. |
A trusted friend is a priceless treasure. |
Your most faithful friends are your own hands. |
When you want to serve your friend, you can't worry about your belongings. |
Don't maintain a friendship with cops because you'll lose your wine and your cigars. |
To recognize a real friend, you have to together have eaten three bushels of salt. |
With selling and buying there are neither friends nor cronies. |
Beware of false friends with wagging tongues. |
Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. |
Who doesn't want to stay with friends, is either a cop, a cuckold, or a spy. |
Among friends and relatives don't buy or sell anything. |
With friends make agreements, with relatives make contracts. |
You'll realize he was a friend when you lose him and see him no more. |
Luck is the friend of jackasses and the crazy; it's a mortal enemy of the virtuous. |
A rock offered by a friend is like an apple. |
When you have money you live happily, when you don't you lose your friends. |
Don't tell your friend everything that you know; remember that one day you may have him for an enemy. |
You won't know who your friends are until you need them. |
Oh, oh, oh! three times I say it, who falls into poverty loses his friends. |
When you lose friends, you go down many steps. |
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