Irish Proverbs

Better good manners than good looks.

It’s for her own good that the cat purrs.

A good word never broke a tooth.

There’s no need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.

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.

Experience is the comb that life gives a bald man – A man who has lived long enough to lose his hair will no doubt know a thing or two about life.

It’s better to spend money like there’s no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there’s no money!

It is often that a person’s mouth broke his nose.

Humour, to a man, is like a feather pillow. It is filled with what is easy to get but gives great comfort.

You’ve got to do your own growing no matter how tall your father was.