1234 Sicilian Proverbs / Page 120
- 1191. You don't burn incense at an old crucifix.
 - 1192. You don't cast a net into a river that has no fish.
- 1193. You don't choose whom to love and not love.
- 1194. You don't light candles to old saints.
- 1195. You don't measure a man in hands.
- 1196. You don't spin, you don't weave, or wind, so where did you get this pile of money?
- 1197. You drive a donkey with a stick, an ox and a mule with a prod, and the horse with a whip and spurs.
- 1198. You find snails on the mountain slope with the dew from the ravines.
- 1199. You fool an old woman once; the next time she shuts the door on you.
- 1200. You get more from a few good animals than from the many that are poorly grazed.
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