![]() “This is what I wanted Sicily to be, something to soothe my shattered soul. The lemon groves and the orange gardens were entirely perfect.” The most beautifully situated town in the world – it dreams away its life in the Conca d’Oro, the exquisite valley that lies between two seas. “Sicily is an island lying outside time, where past events endure in an external present, a beach on which the tides of successive civilizations have heaped in disorder their assorted treasure.” “Going to Sicily is better than going to the moon.” “I do not envy God’s paradise because I am so satisfied to live in Sicily.” “Were a man to spend only one day in Sicily and ask, ‘What must one see?' I would answer him without hesitation, ‘Taormina.' It is only a landscape, but a landscape where you find everything on earth that seems made to seduce the eyes, the mind and the imagination.” ![]() Enjoy! Sicily QuotesĪll of Sicily is a dimension of the imagination. The quotes we've listed come from authors, poets and travelers who have been inspired to write about Sicily's magic, culture and beauty. We've listed these quotes about Sicily to help inspire your next trip to this beautiful part of Italy. “Those who still have a young daughter.As Leonardo Sciascia said – All of Sicily is a dimension of the imagination. “There’s no grain to collect, nor women to marry”Ĭu avi na figghia nda fascia.nun pò diri a nuddu “bagascia” ![]() Nun resta granu a metere e mancu fimmini a maritari “A cuckold in his own town is better than an idiot anywhere else” “The mouse said to the nut: give me time and I shall reach you”Į’ megghiu ‘n curnutu o su paisi.ca un minchiune unn’ègghiè “You may garnish it with as much salt and pepper as you want, but pumpkin still has little flavour”Ĭi dissi u surci a nuci dammi tempu ca ti perciu Sali mitticcinne na visazza, conzola quantu vua.ma sempre è cucuzza “Home for as long as you need to be, and land as far as the eye can see” “If the devil pays you compliments, he wants your soul” “Noone is attracted to who they do not resemble (share smth in common)” “Respect is measured: whoever pays it to others, will be respected” Lu rispettu è misuratu, cu lu porta l’avi purtato “Who leaves – their own comfort zone – succeds!” “Love is like a cough… impossible to hide” L’ amuri è come a tussi…nun si po ammucciari “Whoever decides to change is aware of not knowing what the change may bring” “There’s two types of powerful, those who own too much and those who don’t own a thing”Ĭu lassa u vecchiu cu u novu, sa chi lassa ma nun sa chi trova Here are our favorites:ĭu’ su’ i putenti, cu avi assà e cu nun avi nenti By doing so, we’ll try not to allow them to be lost over time. We do not know all of the beautiful Sicilian proverbs, we would be too rich (hence not here!) but we can try, along with you, to collect some of the most beautiful and meaningful and make them available to the broader public. ![]() They are sitting there just as original copies of a Monet painting, hanging from a worn suburban kitchen wall, bought at the flea market on a Sunday afternoon. Time suddenly stands still for a moment and we are left watching them with a mix of admiration and shock.Įach Sicilian family has its own tradition, proverbs run from generation to generation just as chromosomes do: some, very rare, dwell in small houses inhabited by a couple of old men, unaware of their incalculable value. These may cause laughter or a smile or simply a nod accompanied by a serious facial expression, depending on the degree of seriousness of the conversation our grandparents appear as unimaginably wise to our eyes, when they interrupt the domestic quiet with a proverb out of the blue. Often when the conversation reaches a dead end, a proverb can go a long way, and a one-liner can be so effective that any additional words are needless. There is a word, a phrase, for every moment and every occasion: a true Sicilian knows this very well. ![]()
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