943 Irish Proverbs / Page 32
621.
Say but little, and say it well.622.
Say little, but say it well.623.
Scattering is easier than gathering.624.
See not what you see and hear not what you hear.625.
Sending the goose on a message to the fox's den.626.
Sense doesn't come before age.627.
Shame is ever a part of poverty.628.
She wipes the plate with the cat's tail.629.
She would drink the cream and say the cat she had was an old rogue.630.
Show the fatted calf but not the thing that fattened him.631.
Sleep is better than medicine.632.
Snuff at a wake is fine if there's nobody sneezing over the snuff box.633.
Soft words butter no parsnips, but they won't harden the heart of the cabbage either.634.
Soft words butter no turnips.635.
Some prefer carrot while others like cabbage.636.
Sow early and mow early.637.
Speak to the devil and you'll hear the clatter of his hooves.638.
Speed and accuracy do not agree.639.
Spread your cloth only as you can draw it.640.
Strength is not enduring.