943 Irish Proverbs / Page 20
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It is a bad hen that does not scratch herself.382.
It is a hard task to comfort the proud.383.
It is a lonely washing that has no man's shirt in it.384.
It is a lonesome washing without a man's shirt in it.385.
It is a long road that has no turning.386.
It is a poor village that has neither smoke nor fire.387.
It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life.388.
It is better to be born lucky than rich.389.
It is better to exist unknown to the law.390.
It is better to have part of a man than no man at all.391.
It is difficult to soothe the proud.392.
It is easier to demolish a house than to build one.393.
It is easy to drive with your own whip and another's horse.394.
It is easy to halve the potato where there is love.395.
It is hard for an empty bag to stand itself alone.396.
It is hard to hunt the hare out of the bush it is not in.397.
It is in the shelter of each other that the people live.398.
It is no secret that is known to three.399.
It is no shame to tell the truth.400.
It is no time to go for the doctor when the patient is dead.