May you have the hindsight to know where you’ve been, the foresight to know where you are going, and the insight to know when you have gone too far.
More Irish Proverbs
- Every man is sociable until a cow invades his garden.
- Lie down with dogs and you’ll rise with fleas.
- Take the world nice and easy, and the world will take you the same.
- Better good manners than good looks.
- It’s no use carrying an umbrella if your shoes are leaking.
- A cabin with plenty of food is better than a hungry castle.
- May the hinges of our friendship never grow rusty.
- When a twig grows hard it is difficult to twist it. Every beginning is weak.
- Here’s to a long life and a merry one. A quick death and an easy one. A pretty girl and an honest one. A cold pint and another one!
- It’s for her own good that the cat purrs.
- If you do not sow in the spring, you will not reap in the autumn.
- A family of Irish birth will argue and fight, but let a shout come from without, and see them all unite.
- Who gossips with you will gossip of you.
- A misty winter brings a pleasant spring, a pleasant winter a misty spring.
- Where the tongue slips it speaks the truth.
- Men are like bagpipes – no sound comes from them until they are full.
- May the hinges of our friendship never grow rusty!
- The best things in life are the people we love, the places we have been and the memories we have made along the way.
- A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.
- A wren in the hand is better than a crane to be caught.
- Don’t become broke by trying to look rich.
- Every eye forms its own fancy.
- A questioning man is halfway to being wise.
- Better to be fortunate than rich.
- Need teaches a plan.
- Continual cheerfulness is a sign of wisdom.
- Humour, to a man, is like a feather pillow. It is filled with what is easy to get but gives great comfort.