Work
No matter what kind of work you do it will wear out a part of your body.
— 2nd generation Italian American carpenter
Those who work never know hunger
— proverb
Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.
— Horace (65-8 BC)
Family
Children make a woman beautiful.
— proverb
Marry a woman from your own neighborhood.
— proverb
When we got married my wife said I was a Greek god. Now she calls me a goddam greek.
— joke told by 2nd generation Italian Americans
No matter what kind of work you do it will wear out a part of your body.
— 2nd generation Italian American carpenter
Those who work never know hunger
— proverb
Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.
— Horace (65-
Family
Children make a woman beautiful.
— proverb
Marry a woman from your own neighborhood.
— proverb
When we got married my wife said I was a Greek god. Now she calls me a goddam greek.
— joke told by 2nd generation Italian Americans
A faithful husband with the face of a crocodile is better than an Adonis who is unfaithful.
— proverb
Love and Sex
Love rules without rules.
— proverb
Wine, women, and tobacco reduce a man to ashes.
— proverb
To be loved, be lovable.
— Ovid (43 BC-18 AD)
Virtues and Vices
Better one day as a lion than a hundred as a sheep.
— proverb
Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.
— Seneca (8 BC-65 AD)
Lies have short legs.
— proverb
— proverb
Love and Sex
Love rules without rules.
— proverb
Wine, women, and tobacco reduce a man to ashes.
— proverb
To be loved, be lovable.
— Ovid (43 BC-
Virtues and Vices
Better one day as a lion than a hundred as a sheep.
— proverb
Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.
— Seneca (8 BC-
Lies have short legs.
— proverb
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