344 Corsican Proverbs / Page 10
181. March, mean, son of an ogre! You've taken all my suckling lambs and left only one weaned lamb. - Oh April, my brother, give me two days, because alone, I don't have them.
182. May God save us from good weather in January.
183. May problems with neighbors last only as long as snow in March.
184. Me today, you tomorrow.
185. Men die, but writing remains.
186. Merchandise from afar is lost en route.
187. Mint flower: the more you say "go away", the closer it comes.
188. Misery and poverty are two sisters; discord is their first cousin.
189. Mistakes are made even by priests at the altar.
190. Money doesn't come from singing.
191. Money from poor men and balls from dogs, impossible to hide.
192. More ewes, more flus.
193. More kids are dying than old goats.
194. Mother sets aside and the cat eats.
195. My spurs and another's horse.
196. Next to fire, straw isn't good.
197. Night is the mother of advice.
198. No leaf shudders outside the will of God.
199. No matter who has died, I want to sing. But when I die, anyone can sing.
200. No one is born and no one dies before their time.