Famous Proverbs
692 Proverbs about Want / Page 58
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Do you want to experience real thirst? Then try eating bitter cardoons and roasted fava beans.572.
Spend Easter and Christmas with whomever you want, but celebrate Mardi Gras with your own.573.
If you want to sell at a high price you'll earn little.574.
Who seeks that which he must not, finds that which he wants not.575.
If you don't want anyone to take your place, don't ever show that you're frightened.576.
If you want to know if someone has money, observe his beard and his boots.577.
Don't have the appetite of Miss Julia who, when she had meat, wanted chick peas.578.
If you want a beautiful woman, hurry to Syracuse: if you want her ugly, run to Terranova, go to Rosolini if you want her lazy and to Spaccaforno if you're looking for one to try.579.
Who doesn't want a fire, should remove the wood.580.
Everyone wants to go to heaven; the desire is there but the fortitude is not.