1234 Sicilian Proverbs / Page 90
- 891. The world is a wheel, there are some at the top and some who go to the bottom.
 - 892. The worm grazes where it's born.
- 893. The yawn doesn't lie: it wants you to eat or sleep.
- 894. The young cock said to the young chicken: the whole world is like our home.
- 895. The young man plays the flute, the middle aged man plays the harpsichord, the old man plays the organ.
- 896. There are a hundred owners besides you until the wheat is harvested.
- 897. There are four things to which you should not lend credence: love of women, the charity of friars, sun in the winter, and clouds in the summer.
- 898. There are some with thirty, some with thirty-one, with twenty-eight there is but one.
- 899. There are three tasty morsels: figs, peaches, and melons.
- 900. There are three who have to give an accounting to God; the judges, the priests, and the godparents.
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