1234 Sicilian Proverbs / Page 44
- 431. If the olive trees blossom in April, you'll have enough to collect them with barrels; if they bud in May, you'll have enough to fill a small measure; but if as late as June, you'll only be collecting handfuls.
 - 432. If the rich man is fawning over the poor man, you can be certain that he needs something.
- 433. If the tree doesn't bear fruit, cut it off at the base.
- 434. If the winter doesn't winter, and the summer doesn't summer, the farmstead will be in trouble.
- 435. If the young had the motivation and the old had the strength, there'd be nothing that couldn't be accomplished.
- 436. If they are roses they will blossom, if they are thorns, they will prick.
- 437. If you close the door, the devil will turn his back on you.
- 438. If you continually harvest without fertilizing the land will soon be exhausted and you'll have bad years.
- 439. If you don't collect the sheep early, you get neither the sheep nor the wool.
- 440. If you don't have money, you're not worth listening to.
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