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The Irish ignore anything they can't drink or punch.

Proverbs and old sayings about drinking

You'll repent if you marry, and repent if you don't.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

He who begins and does not finish loves their pains.

Proverbs and old sayings about end

Patience when teased is often transformed into rage.

Proverbs and old sayings about patience

An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of learning.

Proverbs and old sayings

Keep your eye on the ball and your head in the game.

Proverbs and old sayings about games, heads

Praise makes good people better and bad people worse.

Proverbs and old sayings about people, praise, bad luck, bad, good, good luck

Silent men like still waters, are deep and dangerous.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

He who drinks a little too much drinks much too much.

Proverbs and old sayings

No one is worse, for knowing the worst of themselves.

Proverbs and old sayings

Do not dwell in a city whose governor is a physician.

Proverbs and old sayings about city

Private reproof is the best grave for private faults.

Proverbs and old sayings

Rebuke should have a grain more of salt than of sugar.

Proverbs and old sayings

Great is the victory that is gained without bloodshed.

Proverbs and old sayings about victory

He who lives by medical prescriptions lives miserably.

Proverbs and old sayings

Zeal is like fire: it needs both feeding and watching.

Proverbs and old sayings about fire, fire brigade

No price is too low for a bear or too high for a bull.

Proverbs and old sayings

He that is doing nothing is seldom in need of helpers.

Proverbs and old sayings about need, nothing

Could everything be done twice it would be done better.

Proverbs and old sayings

If an ass goes traveling it will not come home a horse.

Proverbs and old sayings about home