Sicilian proverbs

A contented stomach, a forgiving heart; but an empty stomach pardons nothing.

The real cost for both a neat house and a well kept vineyard is incalculable.

Everyone wants to go to heaven; the desire is there but the fortitude is not.

The vine always says to his uncle Frank: Make me poor and I'll make you rich.

Confessions without contrition, and prayers without intentions are time lost.

If you don't collect the sheep early, you get neither the sheep nor the wool.

If you want to eat freshly caught fish, you don't want to have a tight purse.

The weak who opposes the strong, is like the jug that collides with the wall.

If it's a cock it will crow and crow, if it's a chicken it will peck its hip.

Who fails to listen to his elders, will hang his knapsack in the wrong place.

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