Irish Proverbs

A debt is still unpaid, even if forgotten.
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The believer is happy, the doubter is wise.
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One beetle recognises another.
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There is no luck except where there is discipline.
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A hint is sufficient for the wise.
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Time is a good story teller.
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Hope is the physician of each misery.
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There is no strength without unity.
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It's often a person's mouth that breaks their nose.
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
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The work praises the man.
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A good retreat is better than a bad stand.
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The quiet are guilty.
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A good beginning is half the work.
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There's no need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.
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Every patient is a doctor after his cure.
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A hen is heavy when carried far.
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It's the deaf people that create the lies.
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Hunger is the best sauce.
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Necessity knows no law.
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The thief is no threat to the beggar.
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If you dig a grave for others, you might fall into it yourself.
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When the cat is outside, the mouse is dancing.
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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.
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Trouble hates nothing as much as a smile. 
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Better be quarreling than lonesome.
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Patience is a poultice for all wounds.
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A change of work is as good as a rest. 
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Even the longest day has its end.
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People live in each other's shadows.
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Need teaches a plan.
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A hut is a palace to a poor man.
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Idleness is a fool's desire.
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There's no wise man without fault.
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A light heart lives longest.
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Beware of the anger of a patient man.
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For what cannot be cured patience is best.
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An empty sack does not stand.
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Do not resent growing old. Many are denied the privilege.
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When the apple is ripe it will fall.
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You never miss the water till the well has run dry.
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The quiet cat also drinks milk.
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Death is the poor man's best physician.
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Questioning is the door of knowledge.
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Your feet will bring you where your heart is.
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A good word never broke a tooth.
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Bricks and mortar make a house, but the laughter of children makes a home.
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If you want to be criticized, marry.
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It is a long road that has no turning.
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Castles were built a stone at a time.
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Even a small thorn causes festering.
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There’s nothing so bad that it couldn’t be worse. 
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Praise the ripe field, not the green corn.
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A man may be his own ruin.
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Praise the young and they will blossom.
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Two shorten the road.
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You'll never plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
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There is no fireside like your own fireside.
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Let your bargain suit your purpose.
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain.
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Nothing without effort.
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You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your father was.
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Continual cheerfulness is a sign of wisdom. 
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As you ramble through life, whatever be your goal; 
Keep your eye upon the doughnut, and not upon the hole.
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Marry a mountain girl 
and you marry the whole mountain.
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The well fed person doesn't understand the hungry one.
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A friend's eye is a good mirror.
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A turkey never voted for an early Christmas.
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