943 Irish Proverbs / Page 46
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Wisdom is a comb given to a man once he is bald.902.
Wisdom is what makes a poor man a king, a weak person powerful, a good generation of a bad one, a foolish man reasonable.903.
Without pressing too little or too hard, hold tight the reins for he's a fool who would not get value from a borrowed horse.904.
Woe to the man that entrusts his secrets to a ditch.905.
Women are shy and shame prevents them from refusing a man.906.
Women are stronger than men, they do not die of wisdom.907.
Women do not drink liquor, but it disappears when they are present.908.
Women in state affairs are like monkeys in glass-houses.909.
You are not a fully fledged sailor unless you have sailed under full sail, and you have not built a wall unless you have rounded a corner.910.
You can keep away from the rogue, but you cannot keep yourself safe from the liar.911.
You can kill a dog more way than by choking it with butter.912.
You can take a man out of the bog, but you can't take the bog out of the man.913.
You can't build a barrel round a bung hole.914.
You can't put a wide head on young shoulders.915.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.916.
You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.917.
You cannot sup soup with a fork.918.
You cannot tell from a man's clothes how much he is making, but you must look at his wife's.919.
You couldn't make half a football team out of all the Leinster men in Heaven.920.
You didn't turn up when sense was being distributed.