Irish Proverbs (815 Proverbs)
- An excuse is nearer to a woman than her apron.
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- Better an idle house than a bad tenant.
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- Comfort is not known if poverty does not come before it.
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- Don't bid the devil good day till you meet him.
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- Don't say everything you want to say lest you hear something you would not like to hear.
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- 'every man to his fancy, and me to my own fancy,' said the old woman when she kissed her cow.
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- Get down on your knees and thank God you're still on your feet.
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- He was never good since the time a yard made a coat for him.
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- If God sends you down a stony path, may he give you strong shoes.
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- If you lie down with dogs you'll rise with fleas.
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- It is hard to hunt the hare out of the bush it is not in.
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- It's better to be sorry and stay, than to be sorry and go away.
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- Laziness is a heavy burden.
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- Luck and laziness go hand in hand.
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- May your neighbors respect you, Trouble neglect you, The angels protect you, And heaven accept you.
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- Never put off tomorrow what you can do today.
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- Of small account is a fly till it gets into the eye.
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- Praise the young and they will make progress.
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- Sense doesn't come before age.
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- That's a spoon ye'll sup sorrow with yet.
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- The full man does not understand the wants of the hungry.
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- The Power fellow will have another day.
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- The three faults of drinking are: a sorrowful morning, a dirty coat, and an empty pocket.
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- There is misfortune only where there is wealth.
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- There's as many good horses in carts as in coaches.
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- Three things you cannot comprehend: the mind of a woman, the working of the bees, and the ebb and flow of the tide.
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- What I'm afraid to hear I'd better say first myself.
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- When the fruit is scarcest, its taste is sweetest.
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- Without pressing too little or too hard, hold tight the reins for he's a fool who would not get value from a borrowed horse.
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- You should never stop the plough to kill a mouse.
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- An inch is a great deal on a nose.
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- Better April showers than the breadth of the ocean in gold.
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- Constant company wears out its welcome.
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- Don't bless the fish till it gets to the land.
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- Don't take a slate off your own house to put on your neighbor's.
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- Everyone is nice till the cow gets into the garden.
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- Go to a man who is in difficulty and you'll get a bargain.
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- He who falls today. may rise tomorrow.
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- If it's a secret, it's binding.
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- If you live in my heart, you live rent free.
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- It is no secret that is known to three.
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- It's better to return from the centre of the ford than drown in the flood.
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- Leave the bad tale where you found it.
(Irish Proverb)
- make your hay before the fine weather leaves you.
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- Men are like bagpipes no sound; comes from them until they're full.
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- Never rub your eye with anything but your elbow.
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- Often have the likely failed and the unlikely prospered.
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- Praise the youth and they will come.
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- Shame is ever a part of poverty.
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- The apple falls on the head that's under it.
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- The full stomach does not understand the empty one.
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- The pride of women and the pride of priests.
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- The tongue ties knots that the teeth cannot loosen.
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- There is more friendship in a half pint of whiskey than in a churn of buttermilk.
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- There's little to choose between two blind goats.
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- Time is a good story teller.
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- What is nearest the heart is nearest the mouth.
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- When the old woman is hard pressed, she has to run.
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- Woe to the man that entrusts his secrets to a ditch.
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- You will find enough of brushna in every wood to burn it.
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- Any fool carries an umbrella on a wet day, but the wise man carries it every day.
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- Better be quarrelling than lonesome.
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- Dance as if no one were watching. Sing as if no one were listening. And live every day as if it were your last.
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- Don't bother the beggar's son and the beggar's son won't bother you.
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- Don't talk about a rope in the house of someone whose father was hung.
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- Everyone is wise till he speaks.
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- God fits the back for the burden.
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- He who has a good neighbor has a good friend.
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- If it's got badly, it'll go badly.
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- If you meet a red-haired woman, you'll meet a crowd.
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- It is no shame to tell the truth.
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- It's difficult to trust a woman.
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- Let him who will not take advice have conflict.
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- Making the beginning is one third of the work.
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- Money is like muck - no good till spread.
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- Never sleep with a stranger or borrow from a neighbour.
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- One beetle recognises another.
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- Pride comes before a fall.
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- She wipes the plate with the cat's tail.
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- The beginning and end of one's life is to draw closer to the fire.
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