Proverbs and old sayings Irish, page 34

904 proverbs and old sayings irish

The mills of the gods grind slowly but they grind finely.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

It is hard to hunt the hare out of the bush it is not in.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

The full man does not understand the wants of the hungry.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about man

Women are shy and shame prevents them from refusing a man.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about shame, man

A diplomat must always think twice before he says nothing.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about nothing

You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about mind

He knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about value, nothing

Go to a man who is in difficulty and you'll get a bargain.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about difficulties, man

When the hand ceases to scatter, the heart ceases to pray.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about pray, heart

A meeting in sunlight is lucky, and a burying in the rain.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about meetings, rain

What butter and whiskey will not cure there's no cure for.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Don't give cherries to a pig; don't give advice to a fool.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about advice

It is not the most beautiful woman who has the most sense.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about common sense, sense, woman

Keep a thing for seven years and you'll find a use for it.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about use, things

One eye in the corner is sharper than two about the house.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about home, house

Hills far away are green but they often have sour bottoms.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

He who comes with a story to you brings two away from you.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

A full pig in the sty doesn't find the hungry one going by.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

The end of a feast is better than the beginning of a fight.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about feast, beginning, fight, end

As sluttish and slatternly as an Irishwoman bred in France.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish