344 Corsican Proverbs / Page 8
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I can get another husband but never another brother.142.
If a caged bird isn't singing for love, it's singing in a rage.143.
If Bastelica had a port, Ajaccio would be its garden.144.
If everyone's misfortunes were seen by all in broad daylight, in the end people would take back their own.145.
If it's not your time, you won't be born and you won't die.146.
If someone isn't handsome by nature, it's useless for them to wash over and over again.147.
If the sea were made of wine, how many drunkards there would be.148.
If there's thunder at Capu di Staghju, leave the wheat outside. If there's thunder at Capu di Muru, put it in a safe place.149.
If you own two houses, it's raining in one of them.150.
If you think you've reached the top, watch out, you can fall just as quickly.151.
If youth had the volition and if old age had the ability.152.
In a large church no priest dies.153.
In February, don't postpone a trip.154.
In Frassetu and Tavera, don't say cuppa, because they'll punch you in the face.155.
In good companionship, the monk took a wife.156.
In terra chč tł vai, fą usu chč tł trovi.157.
In the place a donkey dies, fur remains.158.
In war, lies are as abundant as dirt.159.
It takes more than one blow to fell a tree.160.
It's as far from my house as from yours.