More Irish Proverbs
- 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.
- The fox never found a better messenger than himself.
- There is no luck except where there is discipline.
- A little fire that warms is better than a big fire that burns.
- There is only one thing worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
- Every patient is a doctor after his cure.
- You’ve got to do your own growing no matter how tall your father was.