If you put a silk suit on a goat it is still a goat.
More Irish Proverbs:
Better the certainty of the straddle than the mere loan of a saddle.Irish
If you do not sow in the spring you will not reap in the autumn.
Irish
There's a fool born every minute - and every one of them lives.
Irish
When a twig grows hard it is difficult to twist it. Every beginning is weak.
Irish
The seeking for one thing will find another.
Irish
A new broom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.
Irish