114 Maltese Proverbs / Page 4
61. Marriage without love-making means sad consequences and sorrow.
62. Marriage without lovemaking means sad consequences and sorrow.
63. Marry a man older than you and not a younger man, who will tire of you.
64. Money begets money, and fleas beget fleas.
65. Money has wings.
66. Mountain does not meet mountain, but a face meets another face.
67. No one takes away anything with him.
68. Once you put on the wedding ring you must submit to all that is necessary.
69. One man's death is another man's life.
70. One man's fault is another man's lesson.
71. Only death is certain.
72. Only fools and horses work.
73. Prickly pear trees dont produce peaches.
74. See a sheaf of corn in the morning and a young woman in the evening.
75. Seven women in their right senses are surpassed by a mad man.
76. The cat and the rat never thought alike.
77. The evil weed produces the largest number of weeds.
78. The good cow gets sold in its own country.
79. The good die first: And those, whose hearts are dry as summer dust, Burn to the socket.
80. The good die first: And those, whose hearts are dry as summer dust, Burn to the socket.