Knowing but not telling it is what kills old men. Hearing but not heeding it is what kills young men.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about man, old, olderness
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An old patient is better than a new doctor.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about old, olderness
Fish and guests smell when they are three days old.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about day, fishing, old, olderness
Sense doesn't come before age.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about common sense, sense, age, olderness
The secret of an old woman scolding.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about secret, woman, old, olderness
Age is honorable and youth is noble.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about youth, age, olderness
Patience cures many an old complaint.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about patience, old, olderness
The old pipe gives the sweetest smoke.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about smoke, old, olderness
An old broom knows the dirty corners best.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about old, olderness
A buckle is a great addition to an old shoe.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about old, olderness
When the old woman is hard pressed, she has to run.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about woman, old, olderness
While young, it's all dreams; when old, all memories.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about dream, old, olderness
There is never an old brogue but there is a foot to fit it.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about old, olderness
A new broom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about old, olderness
Walk straight, my son - as the old crab said to the young crab.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about old, olderness
She would drink the cream and say the cat she had was an old rogue.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about drinking, old, olderness
Death is in front of the old person and at the back of the young person.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about people, death, old, olderness
There never was an old slipper but there was an old stocking to match it.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about old, olderness
You're not as young as you used to be, but you're not as old as you're going to be.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about contentment, old, olderness
'Every man to his fancy, and me to my own fancy, ' said the old woman when she kissed her cow.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about woman, man, old, olderness
