Corsican proverbs

In Frassetu and Tavera, don't say ?cuppa,? because they'll punch you in the face.

What keeps its leaves, to the waning moon. What loses its leaves, to the new moon.

Receive and rejoice, Antonio, it's your celebration; always receive and never restrain.

If someone isn't handsome by nature, it's useless for them to wash over and over again.

When cicadas sing, the swineherd weeps and works. When frogs sing, the swineherd yawns.

A fool doing what he knows is better than a hundred wise men doing what they don't know.

The difference between appearances and truth is the same as between warping and weaving.

Dress up a rod, it looks like a baron. Dress up a stick of heather, it looks like a lady.

The bad fortune of Zoza: in winter it sees not the sun and in summer it sees not the moon.

When force and reason are in conflict, force of reason prevails and being reasonable isn't enough.

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