Sicilian proverbs

You can tell an educated person by their talk and bells by their ringing.

Better to be shot with a crossbow than rejected by a window slammed shut.

No matter how often a pitcher goes to the water, it is broken in the end.

When a rich man caresses a poor man, he's going to take advantage of him.

Don't pass judgement on a work of art if you don't know how to create it.

Man is like the sea: if he doesn't produce today, he'll produce tomorrow.

Petrafendola from Modica, Bread from Ragusa, and olives from Chiaramonte.

If they are roses they will blossom, if they are thorns, they will prick.

The good that you scoff at and ignore, you'll recognize when you lose it.

A wounded head can be treated and heals, but a wounded heart never heals.

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