103 Sayings of Sicilian Origin

1. "Hunger is the best sauce." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

2. "Keep watch for the appearing mushroom." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

3. "It's insane to oppose when you can neither win nor compromise." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

4. "Who gets married will be happy for a day, who butchers a pig will be happy for a year." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

5. "Wherever the donkey falls, he stands up." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

6. "Noon is attracted to who they do not resemble." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

7. "Unspoken words cannot be noted." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

8. "When the cat's away the mice will play." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

9. "If the devil pays you compliments, he wants your soul." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

10. "A rock offered by a friend is like an apple." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

11. "Ticks and money are difficult to pluck out." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

12. "Latin hides the stupidity of the priest." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

13. "Eat warm and drink cold." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

14. "We keep an eye on the scorpion and the serpent, but we do not watch out for the millipede." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

15. "Respect is measured, whoever pays it to others, will be respected." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

16. "The early bird catches the worm." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

17. "Gold attracts a crowd." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

18. "Sore is the mouth that loses its first tooth." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

19. "Where there's smoke, there's fire." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

20. "There's no grain to collect, nor women to marry." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

21. "Whoever goes to Palermo and doesn't see Monreale, goes there a jackass and returns a fool." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

22. "A cuckold in his own town is better than an idiot anywhere else." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

23. "A useless watch dog barks but stays far away." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

24. "Home for as long as you need to be, and land as far as the eye can see." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

25. "Who seeks, finds; who perseveres, wins." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

26. "Time is precious." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

27. "The living who is absent is like a dead man." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

28. "Horses should be bays, jackasses should be greys, and mules should be blackish." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

29. "The less things change, the more they remain the same." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

30. "Better an egg today than the chicken tomorrow." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

31. "Walk with your slippers until you can find your shoes." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

32. "It is better to be alone than to be in bad company." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

33. "There's two types of powerful, those who own too much and those who don't own a thing." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

34. "One beautiful day doesn't make a summer." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

35. "The mouse said to the nut, give me time and I shall reach you." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

36. "Dogs bark and oxen graze." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

37. "When love knocks, be sure to answer." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

38. "In war, hunting, and love you suffer a thousand pains for one pleasure." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

39. "The rejected stone will become the cornerstone of the wall." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

40. "Old wood lights better but burns out quicker." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

41. "One who lives within his means can be said to be rich." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

42. "Freedom is a plateful of hard crusts." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

43. "Spend Easter and Christmas with whomever you want, but celebrate Mardi Gras with your own." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

44. "Strike while the iron is hot." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

45. "February may be short but it's the worst month." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

46. "The barking of dogs does not reach heaven." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

47. "You can't have meat without the bone." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

48. "Eat with gusto but drink in moderation." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

49. "Sing to the mother-in-law, listen to the sister-in-law." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

50. "It can't get any darker than midnight." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

51. "The war is lost for too much advice." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

52. "We learn by standing on the shoulders of the wise." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

53. "Who starts many things, finishes nothing." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

54. "The testimony of one eyewitness is worth more than the hearsay of a hundred." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

55. "A pious doctor makes putrid wounds." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

56. "Whoever decides to change is aware of not knowing what the change may bring." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

57. "Who leaves, their own comfort zone, succeeds!" (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

58. "God made things straight, the devil came and twisted them." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

59. "You may garnish it with as much salt and pepper as you want, but pumpkin still has little flavor." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

60. "Better a lean accord than a hefty sentence." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

61. "Those who cause harm first, can expect greater harm in return." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

62. "Who walks with the cripple, sooner or later will start limping." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

63. "When an old man falls in love he is teased by everyone." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

64. "Buyer beware." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

65. "The vase filled with water, sooner or later will break or crash." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

66. "Crooked wood is straightened with fire." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

67. "Neither you happy nor I consoled." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

68. "If you invest a lot but don't maintain it, you won't even harvest enough to re-seed." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

69. "What is given by God, can't be lacking." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

70. "A wealthy man is a pensive man." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

71. "Who doesn't intend to pay, signs any contract." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

72. "Those who still have a young daughter, cannot speak badly about other women!" (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

73. "A person eating must make crumbs." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

74. "Too compassionate the doctor, too inadequate the treatment." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

75. "Buy at the cost of four and sell at the cost of eight." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

76. "Who looks for a quarrel, finds a quarrel." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

77. "A furious storm passes quickly." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

78. "Use your time in May to stock up for winter." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

79. "Faith is salvation, not the wood of a ship." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

80. "After August, winter starts." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

81. "In July, store the grain under the bed." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

82. "He who preservers shall win." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

83. "A piece of meat with eyes." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

84. "If it isn't wintry in January then expect the worst in February." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

85. "An unfulfilled vow is as if it had not been made." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

86. "With old men and flowering cabbages, there is nothing left to do." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

87. "Don't put the cart before the horse." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

88. "The pardon arrives after the man was hung." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

89. "Scarcity sets the price." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

90. "The more you have, the more you want." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

91. "Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

92. "April makes the flowers and the beauty, but May gets all the credit." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

93. "Repentance washes away sin." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

94. "A dry January means a filled hayloft." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

95. "The choice oil is from the surface, the best wine is from the middle, and the best honey is from the bottom." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

96. "Everyone wants to go to heaven; the desire is there but the fortitude is not." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

97. "The fellow roasts his fish in the flames of a fire." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

98. "Love is like a cough, impossible to hide." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

99. "Who is blind, dumb and deaf will live a peaceful life of a hundred years." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

100. "There's honor among thieves." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

101. "Pee on the ruins before they build a temple over them." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

102. "Not every pain comes to harm you." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

103. "Collect promptly, pay slowly; who knows, in case of an accident, you'll pay nothing." (Sicilian Sayings) Click to tweet