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Irish Proverbs
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This Irish proverbs web page
has, for your free non commercial use a
collection of famous Irish sayings. We
hope you enjoy them.
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A friend's eye is a good mirror.
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A lock is better than suspicion.
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Even a small thorn causes festering.
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If you do not sow in the spring you will not reap in the autumn.
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing.
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It is a long road that has no turning.
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It is not a secret if it is known by three people.
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It's not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and
down a while.
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Lack of resource has hanged many a person.
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout.
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Necessity is the mother of invention.
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Patience is poultice for all wounds.
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Put silk on a goat, and it's still a goat.
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The light heart lives long.
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The man with the boots does not mind where he places his foot.
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The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches.
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The well fed does not understand the lean.
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The work praises the man.
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There is no fireside like your own fireside.
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There is no luck except where there is discipline.
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There is no strength without unity.
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Three diseases without shame: Love, itch and thirst.
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Time is a great story teller.
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Two shorten the road.
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When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.
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When the apple is ripe it will fall.
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You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather
was.
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