Irish Proverb
» Action » “The person who doesn’t scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs”
» Alcohol and Alcoholism » “What whiskey will not cure, there is no cure for.”
» Churches » “Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy.”
» Cooperation » “It is in the shelter of each other that the people live.”
» Coward and Cowardice » “It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life.”
» Debt » “A small debt makes a man your debtor, a large one your enemy.”
» Debt » “God often pays debts without money.”
» Doctors » “Every invalid is a physician.”
» Loneliness » “Strife is better than loneliness.”
» Love » “It is easy to halve the potato where there is love.”
» Luck » “Good luck beats early rising.”
» Maturity » “When the apple is ripe it will fall.”
» Memory » “When you are right no one remembers; when you are wrong no one forgets.”
» Nationalities and Nationalism » “Bulls get rich, bears get rich, but pigs get slaughtered An Irishman is never at his best except when fighting.”
» Nature » “Nature breaks through the eyes of the cat.”
» Publicity » “If you want an audience start a fight.”
» Quarrels » “Better be quarrelling than lonesome.”
» Sea » “There is hope from the sea, but none from the grave.”
» Service » “God likes help when helping people.”
» Silence » “A silent mouth is melodious.”
» Sin » “All sins cast long shadows.”
» Wisdom » “Everyone is wise until he speaks.”
» Wives » “Marry a mountain girl and you marry the whole mountain.”
» Work » “The work praises the man.”
