Even a tin knocker shines on a dirty door.
More Irish Proverbs:
Bend with the tree that will bend with you.Irish
Good as drink is, it ends in thirst.
Irish
You will never plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
Irish
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you fight with your neighbor. It makes you shoot at your landlord and it makes you miss him.
Irish
What the child sees, the child does. What the child does, the child is.
Irish
Don't be ever in court or a castle without a woman to make your excuse.
Irish