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Greed keeps men forever poor, even the abundance of this world will not make them rich.

You cannot be lucky forever.

One has to face fear or forever run from it.

Plan your life as though you were going to live forever, but live today as if you were going to die tomorrow.

The good that you fail to do is gone forever.

An ailing woman lives forever.

A pig bought on credit is forever grunting.

Clementine:

In a cavern, in a canyon, excavating for a mine,
Lived a miner, forty-niner, and his daughter Clementine.

CHORUS
Oh my darling, Oh my darling,
Oh my darling Clementine,
You are lost and gone forever,
dreadful sorry,...

Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he'll eat forever.

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

Traditional Wexford Curse

May the grass grow at your door and the fox build his nest on your hearthstone.
May the light fade from your eyes, so you never see what you love.
May your own blood rise against you, and the sweetest drink you...

Away in a manger

Away in a manger, no crib for His bed,
The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head,
The stars in the sky looked down where He lay,
The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.

The cattle are lowing, the poor Babe...

We Three Kings of Orient Are

We three kings of Orient are
Bearing gifts we traverse afar
Field and fountain, moor and mountain
Following yonder star.

O Star of wonder, star of night
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading, still...

All my Heart this Night Rejoices

All my heart this night rejoices,
As I hear, far and near, sweetest angel voices;
"Christ is born, " their choirs are singing,
Till the air, everywhere, now their joy is ringing.

Forth today the...

As with Gladness Men of Old

As with gladness, men of old
Did the guiding star behold
As with joy they hailed its light
Leading onward, beaming bright
So, most glorious Lord, may we
Evermore be led to Thee.

As with joyful steps they...

The Race that Long in Darkness pined

The race that long in darkness pined,
Have seen a glorious Light;
The people dwell in day, who dwelt
In death s surrounding night.

To hail Thy rise, Thou better Sun,
The gathering nations come,...

Even a horn can be stopped from fighting and made to sing forever.

The ancestors may annoy you but don't make a mistake of annoying them back, they may annoy you forever.

A disease that fails to finsh us off will continue being condemned forever.

The one who throws the stone forgets; the one who is hit remembers forever.