Corsican Proverbs

 Corsica Proverbs

A woman builds and destroys a house.

Every opportunity passed is lost.

Anyone who lives will know trying times.

No one is born and no one dies before their time.

Friends and family are worth more than money.

What goes around comes around.

He who studies does not waste his time.

The world is an ocean of tears.

You have to come into the world in order to enjoy the world.

Misery and poverty are two sisters, discord is their first cousin. 

There’s no substitute for experience.

Night is the mother of advice.

There’s no shame in being poor.

He who has money and friends, turns his nose at justice.

What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger.

Seeing a man is seeing his character.

A man without a woman is a tree without leaves and branches.