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Some cannot do two things at once.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about things

Quality without quantity is little thought of.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about quality, thinking

There's measure in a' things, even in kail supping.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about measure, things

Don't befriend neighbours who speak unreasonable things.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about things

A timid or cowardly person may be raised against the most valuable and useful things.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about people, things

To keep their ain hole clean, the minister's wife should put away old things as often as needed.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about wife, things, old, olderness

Delicious things satiate little.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about things

Who starts many things, finishes nothing.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about things, nothing

When things are being thrown away, buy them.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about commerce, being, things

The less things change, the more they remain the same.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about change, things

God made things straight, the devil came and twisted them.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about devil, things, god

Who doesn't listen to reason, can't do things with reason.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about reason, things

Love, beauty and money are three things that can't be hidden.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about beauty, things, money, love

Bitter things, hold them dear; sweet things, keep them enclosed.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about things, bitter

Avoid the bad, love the good, because things change in a moment.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about moment, change, things, bad luck, love, bad, good, good luck

Whoever buys useless things will soon be selling his necessities.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about things

A full ear requires three good things: good time, good seeds and good hoeing.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about good, good luck, things, time

April is the time for sweet sleep, don't take things off, don't put things on.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about things, sleep, time

Before it's ready to eat the fig must be mature, dripping, with a bent neck and a thin skin.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

Three things make a man rich: Earning and not spending, promising and not doing, buying and not selling.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wealth, things, man