Sicilian Proverbs

Sicilian Proverbs

Where you're not known, you're judged by your appearance.

It's useless to change your state, if you don't have luck in your favor.

Do good and forget it, do bad and think about it.

When you lose friends, you go down many steps.

Avoid the bad, love the good, because things change in a moment.

If you don't have money, you're not worth listening to.

Believe only a little of what you see and nothing that you hear.

When a rich man comes to bad times, he doesn't know what to do.

If you want to have a happy life, stay far away from your relatives.

Death finds everyone and the earth renews itself.

A woman and the wind change every moment.

Love is bitter, but it comforts the heart.

Honesty and kindness enhance every beauty.

Marriage and maids, don't suggest them because you'll be cursed.

The richer you are, the more troubles you have.

A smart man doesn't give his wife a lot of freedom.

Death respects neither young nor old, neither poor nor rich.

When it's seen, there's no need for proof.

Marry your children with their peers so you won't regret it someday.

Being in love with a married woman is living on borrowed time.

Among friends and relatives don't buy or sell anything.

Who is defeated by words is not always convinced by the truth.

Don't fight with someone who has nothing to lose.

Better to have a good friend than a bad relative.

The promises of love and the smoke of a chimney, washed by water and blown away by the wind.

Who rids himself of his own freedom, always finds himself with worry and pain.