344 Corsican Proverbs / Page 6
- 51. Better to have little than nothing.
 - 52. Better to sit next to someone taking a shit rather than someone carving stone.
- 53. Better to take an old husband than none.
- 54. Black ewe and white ewe: they who die, die, and those who live, live.
- 55. Blood is thicker than water.
- 56. Bread and bird: we don't discuss house business.
- 57. By firelight, an old rag looks like sturdy hemp fabric.
- 58. By the owner, the dog is respected.
- 59. Candlemas, Candlemas, whether windy or rainy, winter has ended. And if the weather is good, winter will last another thirty days.
- 60. Cards play and gamblers brag.
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