Cleaning the house will not pay the rent.
More Irish Proverbs:
A quarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it, the more sour it grows.Irish
The seagull thinks it is an act of kindness to give the fish a lift in the air.
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A welcome is a debtor's face.
Irish
A goose never voted for an early Christmas.
Irish
Luck and laziness go hand in hand.
Irish
Though wisdom is good in the beginning it is better at the end.
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