320 Proverbs about Three / Page 7
121. There are three bad neighbours: great rivers, great lords, and great roads.
122. There are three things from which no good can be got without a beating: a walnut-tree, a donkey, and a shrew.
123. Three people can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
124. It is not a secret if it is known by three people.
125. The three most beautiful sights: a potato garden in bloom, a ship under sail, and a woman after the birth of a child.
126. Three diseases without shame: love, itch, and thirst.
127. Three things that can't be taught: generosity, poetry and a singing voice.
128. It is no secret that is known to three.
129. Limerick was, Dublin is, and Cork shall be the finest city of the three.
130. There are three creatures beyond ruling - a mule, a pig and a woman.
131. Better one good thing that is, rather than two good things that were, or three good things that might never come to pass.
132. A thorn, a hound's tooth, a fool's word: these are the three sharpest things.
133. Three things you cannot comprehend: the mind of a woman, the working of the bees, and the ebb and flow of the tide.
134. The three faults of drinking are: a sorrowful morning, a dirty coat, and an empty pocket.
135. A kind word warms a man through three winters.
136. Misfortunes always come in threes. These things always come in threes.
137. The secret of two no further will go; the secret of three a hundred will know.
138. There are three "too much" and three "too little" that can bring a fool down: too much spending and too little money; too much talking and too little knowledge; and too much boasting and too little earnings.
139. Three things kill a man: a scorching son, suppers, and cares.
140. When three people call you an ass, put on a bridle.
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