Better own a trifle than want a great deal.


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Never bolt your door with a boiled carrot.
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You'll never plough a field by turning it over in your mind. Albert Einstein -Irish proverb.
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May you be in heaven half an hour before the devil knows you are dead.
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A scholar's ink lasts longer than a martyr's blood.
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Firelight will not let you read fine stories but it's warm and you won't see the dust on the floor.
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Hope is the physician of each misery.
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The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs
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Wisdom is a comb given to a man once he is bald.
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Great hate follows great love.
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A dog owns nothing, yet is seldom dissatisfied.
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A turkey never voted for an early Christmas.
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Praise the young and they will flourish.
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Praise youth and it will prosper.
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Everyone is wise until he speaks.
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You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.
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The believer is happy, the doubter is wise.
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It's no use carrying an umbrella if your shoes are leaking.
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If you get a reputation as an early riser, you can sleep till noon.
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If you dig a grave for others, you might fall into it yourself.
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Good luck beats early rising.
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Give away all you like, but keep your bills and your temper.
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Even the longest day has its end.
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Don't break your shin on a stool that is not in your way.
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Bricks and mortar make a house, but the laughter of children makes a home.
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Better be quarrelling than lonesome.
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A silent mouth is sweet to hear.
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A light heart lives long.
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A lie travels farther than the truth.
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A kind word never broke anyone's mouth.
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A hair on the head is worth two on the brush.
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A diplomat must always think twice before he says nothing.
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It s no use carrying an umbrella if your shoes are leaking.
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One eye in the corner is sharper than two about the house.
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Half a loaf is better than no bread.
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Patience cures many an old complaint.
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Its for her own good that the cat purrs.
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Don't tell your complaint to one who has no pity.
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One beetle recognizes another.
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You must crack the nuts before you can eat the kernel.
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He who comes with a story to you brings two away from you
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By degrees the castles are built.
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The old pipe gives the sweetest smoke.
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A hen is heavy when carried far.
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Lack of resource has hanged many a person.
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When the sky falls we'll catch larks.
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What would a young cat do but eat mice?
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Many an Irish property was increased by the lace of a daughter's petticoat.
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Many a man's nose was broken by his mouth.
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A small debt makes a man your debtor, a large one your enemy.
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Its no use boiling your cabbage twice.
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If you have one pair of good soles its better than two pairs of good uppers.
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He'd offer you an egg if you promised not to break the shell.
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There never was an old slipper but there was an old stocking to match it.
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A drink precedes a story.
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The best way to keep loyalty in a man's heart is to keep money in his purse.
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The fox never found a better messenger than himself.
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It is sweet to drink but bitter to pay for.
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Nature breaks through the eyes of the cat.
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If you want an audience start a fight.
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For what cannot be cured patience is best.
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It is a long road that has no turning.
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Your feet will bring you to where your heart is.
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A wild goose never reared a tame gosling.
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The world's quiet and the pig is in the sty.
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It is the quiet pigs that eat the meal.
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Thirst is the end of drinking and sorrow is the end of drunkenness.
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You are not a fully fledged sailor unless you have sailed under full sail,
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A poem ought to be well made at first, for there is many a one to spoil it afterwards.
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A silent mouth is melodious.
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Good as drink is, it ends in thirst.
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Possession satisfies.
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Show the fatted calf but not the thing that fattened him.
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It is a bad hen that does not scratch herself.
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Snuff at a wake is fine if there's nobody sneezing over the snuff box.
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Walk straight, my son - as the old crab said to the young crab.
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Need teaches a plan.
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God likes help when helping people.
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The wood will renew the foliage it sheds.
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A poor person is often worthy.
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It is often that a cow does not take after its breed.
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Marriages are all happy its having breakfast together that causes all the trouble.
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If you put a silk dress on a goat he is a goat still.
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To every cow its calf; to every book its copy.
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A wren in the hand is better than a crane to be caught.
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The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches.
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Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy.
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There was never a scabby sheep in a flock that didn't like to have a comrade.
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It is the good horse that draws its own cart.
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To the raven her own chick is white.
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The smallest thing outlives the human being.
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Every patient is a doctor after his cure.
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig.
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It's difficult to choose between two blind goats.
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Every bird as it is reared and the lark for the bog.
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In winter the milk goes to the cow's horns.
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An old broom knows the dirty corners best.
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An eye is blind in another man's corner.
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What whiskey will not cure, there is no cure for.
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and you have not built a wall unless you have rounded a corner.
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Every invalid is a physician.
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Quiet people are well able to look after themselves.
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Firelight will not let you read fine stories but its warm and you wont see the dust on the floor.
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There's no need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.
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People live in each other's shelter.
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Good questions outrank easy answers.
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Who gossips with you will gossip of you
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Nodding the head does not row the boat
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A blind man can see his mouth
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For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude.
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It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life
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A son is a son till he takes him a wife, a daughter is a daughter all of her life.
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There is pain in prohibition
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May you never forget what is worth remembering, nor ever remember what is best forgotten
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The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing that you will make one.
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When mistrust comes in, love goes out.
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You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.
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When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.
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Poor is the church without music
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It's no delay to stop to edge the tool
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Fear is a fine spur
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Poverty parts good company
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He who can follow his own will is a king
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When the fruit is scarcest its taste is sweetest
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Better one good thing that is than two good things that were
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Questioning is the door of knowledge
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A cabin with plenty of food is better than a hungry castle
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Don't give cherries to pigs or advice to fools
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Anything will fit a naked man
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It is easy to halve the potato where there is love.
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Better fifty enemies outside the house than one within
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Where the tongue slips, it speaks the truth
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A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures
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It's for her own good that the cat purrs
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There are fish in the sea better than have ever been caught
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Put silk on a goat and it is still a goat
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What is in the marrow is hard to take out of the bone
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The older the fiddle the sweeter the tune
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If you're lucky enough to be Irish, then you're lucky enough.
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Bless your little Irish heart and every other Irish part.
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May the Holes in you Net be no larger than the Fish in it
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May the Holes in your Net be no Larger than the Fish in it,
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May you be forty years in heaven before the devil knows that you are dead.
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May you be fourty years in heaven before the devil knows your dead.
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May you live a long life full of gladness and health.
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The devil never grants long leases
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Marry a mountain girl and you marry the whole mountain.
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A lock is better than suspicion.
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Some prefer carrot while others like cabbage
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Fear is a fine spur, so is rage
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Though honey is sweet, do not lick it off a briar
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The mason who strikes often is better than the one who strikes too hard
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A scholars ink lasts longer than a martyrs blood
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A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse
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A silent mouth is sweet to hear
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He who gets a name for early rising can stay in bed until midday.
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