1234 Sicilian Proverbs / Page 76
- 751. The bushes grow in order to cover defects.
 - 752. The buyer first disparages.
- 753. The choice oil is from the surface, the best wine is from the middle, and the best honey is from the bottom.
- 754. The Church never gives anything away.
- 755. The cockroach inside the oakum, the more it tries to free itself, the more it's caught.
- 756. The constancy of women is like rain in July.
- 757. The cowherd who has fodder has bread, and if he doesn't have fodder then he ends up without oxen and without bread.
- 758. The creditor gets a pledge from the good payer.
- 759. The devil knows a lot because he's old.
- 760. The devil laughs when the poor donates to the rich.
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