1234 Sicilian Proverbs / Page 50
- 491. In July, store the grain under the bed.
 - 492. In May the horse gets fat, but if he doesn't get fat it's better to ditch him.
- 493. In old age your strength decreases and your appetite increases.
- 494. In Polizzi you'll find water, fog, kites, priests with children, commissions and delegates.
- 495. In the countryside eat cardoon, because at the castle you'll eat pigeon.
- 496. In the head of the pig there's something to take and something to leave; in the head of the rabbit there's nothing to leave and nothing to take.
- 497. In the olive grove, a wise man at the feet and a wild man at the head.
- 498. In time you'll want what you had scorned.
- 499. In war, hunting, and love you suffer a thousand pains for one pleasure.
- 500. In youth we need to save for what old age will bring.
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