In every land, hardness is in the north of it, softness in the south, industry in the east, and fire and inspiration in the west.

More Irish Proverbs

• What butter and whiskey won’t cure, there is no cure for.
• Beautiful young people are acts of nature but beautiful old people are works of art.
• If you buy what you don’t need, you might have to sell what you do.
• A face without freckles is like a sky without stars.
• Here’s to me, and here’s to you. And here’s to love and laughter. I’ll be true as long as you. And not one moment after.
• May misfortune follow you the rest of your life, and never catch up.
• However long the day, the evening will come.
• If you come up in this world be sure not to go down in the next.
• Soft words butter no parsnips but they won’t harden the heart of the cabbage either.
• The light heart lives long.
• If you do not sow in the spring you will not reap in the autumn.
• All the world’s a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.
• 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.