943 Irish Proverbs / Page 41
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There's no wise man without a fault.802.
There's trouble in every house and some in he street.803.
Thirst is the end of drinking and sorrow is the end of drunkenness.804.
This is better than the thing we never had.805.
Those who get the name of rising early may lie all day.806.
Those who play the game do not see it as clearly as those who watch.807.
Though honey is sweet, do not lick it off a briar.808.
Though the proverb is abandoned, it is not falsified.809.
Though wisdom is good in the beginning it is better at the end.810.
Three diseases without shame: love, itch, and thirst.811.
Three people can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.812.
Three things that can't be taught: generosity, poetry and a singing voice.813.
Three things you cannot comprehend: the mind of a woman, the working of the bees, and the ebb and flow of the tide.814.
Time and Patience would bring the snail to Jerusalem.815.
Time is a good story teller.816.
Time is a good story-teller.817.
Time is a great story teller.818.
To a man prepared for war, peace is assured.819.
To be red-haired is better than to be without a head.820.
To every cow its calf; to every book its copy.