Month: August 2025

If you throw a stone at every barking dog, you will soon run out of arms

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“Si a ogni cani c’abbaia ci tiri na petra, non t’arrestanu vrazza.”
If you throw a stone at every barking dog, you will soon run out of arms.
(Sicilian proverb)

You are not bitter — simply more selective.

Where once you tolerated out of courtesy, now you choose more carefully where to stop.
Not out of fatigue, but out of leadership.

A true leader cannot be distracted by every noise. The world barks — in meetings, in emails, on every platform.
But if you answer everything, you lose clarity, focus, and energy.

The penis does not want worries

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“A minchia un voli penseri” — the penis does not want worries — is a crude Sicilian proverb that captures something undeniably human: the instinct to seek pleasure, ease, and freedom from responsibility, while dodging the discomfort of failure or reflection.

It points to a male-coded impulse — but one not limited to men — to pursue gratification without consequence, status without struggle, and power without the burden of accountability.

I lost the donkey along with the whole load of carobs!

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“Persi lu sceccu cu tutti i carrubbi!”
Sicilian proverb:
I lost the donkey along with the whole load of carobs!

This sharp and rather bitter proverb captures the disappointment of a deal gone wrong. The saying is used when one expects to profit from a situation but ends up losing everything: not only the donkey (the means), but also the valuable goods it was carrying (the carobs).

I have no bloody idea what to do

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Languages are not merely tools for communication; they are supple instruments, capable of shaping emotions, ideas, and nuances of thought with surgical precision or poetic grace.

To speak and write with awareness is not merely a matter of style — it is a matter of effectiveness.
The right words, carefully chosen, can resonate with the listener or reader, invite empathy, and turn a muddled thought into a shared reflection.