943 Irish Proverbs / Page 21
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It is not a fish until it is on the bank.402.
It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of ups and downs.403.
It is not a secret if it is known by three people.404.
It is not a sin to sell dear, but it is to make ill measure.405.
It is not easy to steal where the landlord is a thief.406.
It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall.407.
It is not the big farmers who reap all the harvest.408.
It is not the most beautiful woman who has the most sense.409.
It is often that a cow does not take after its breed.410.
It is sweet to drink but bitter to pay for.411.
It is the deaf people that create the lies.412.
It is the good horse that draws its own cart.413.
It is the quiet pigs that eat the meal.414.
It is to please herself that the cat purrs.415.
It takes time to build castles. Rome wan not built in a day.416.
It was not on one foot that st. patrick came to ireland.417.
It's a bad hen that won't scratch herself.418.
It's a bad hound that's not worth the whistling.419.
It's a small thing that outlives a man.420.
It's as hard to see a woman crying as it is to see a barefooted duck.