344 Corsican Proverbs / Page 15
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They who are born of chickens scratch the earth.282.
This basket that leaves and returns unfilled is not nice.283.
Those who sleep with children wake up with shit on their asses.284.
Through bumps, one learns to walk.285.
Through falls and stumbles, one learns to walk.286.
To get to know people, you have to eat a full donkey's cargo of salt together.287.
To make your neighbor jealous, go to bed early and get up early.288.
Too much good causes revolts.289.
Too much is too much.290.
Unhappy, he who has no one.291.
Unseen merchandise cannot be evaluated.292.
Vain speeches lead a man to the gallows.293.
Water ends up at the sea.294.
Water ends up in the sea.295.
Water erodes slopes.296.
Water in August: Oil and ferment.297.
Water in July is good for nothing.298.
Water makes mud, wine cleans the blood.299.
Wedded in September, widow or sorrow.300.
Weddings and widowings are by the hand of destiny.