Irish Proverb Quotations

Words spoken, you are a slave to; those not said, you are the master of.

When the liquor was gone the fun was gone.

Let not thy act be from thy tongue.

He who comes with a story to you brings two away from you

Good as drink is, it ends in thirst.

It is a bad hen that does not scratch herself.

It is a long road that has no turning.

Lack of resource has hanged many a person.

It is not a secret if it is known by three people.

It is often that a cow does not take after its breed.

Laughter is brightest, in the place here the food is.

Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout.

It is better to exist unknown to the law.

Many a man's nose was broken by his mouth.

The day will come when the cow will have use for her tail.

Walk straight, my son - as the old crab said to the young crab.

When a twig grows hard it is difficult to twist it. Every beginning is weak.

When you are right no one remembers; when you are wrong no one forgets.

Two thirds of the work is the semblance.

The grace of God is found between the saddle and the ground.

You are not a fully fledged sailor unless you have sailed under full sail,

Twenty years a child; twenty years running wild; twenty years a mature man /and after that, praying.

We do not know the value of water until we go dry

A trade not properly learned is an enemy.

and you have not built a wall unless you have rounded a corner.

The world would not make a racehorse of a donkey

Quiet people are well able to look after themselves.

A questioning man is halfway to being wise.

A tune is more lasting than the song of the birds,And a word more lasting than the wealth of the world.

You must live with a person to know a person. If you want to know me come and live with me.

The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches.

Thirst is the end of drinking and sorrow is the end of drunkenness.

A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.

It is sweet to drink but bitter to pay for.

It is the good horse that draws its own cart.

Youth sheds many a skin.The steed (horse) does not retain its speed forever.

It is the quiet pigs that eat the meal.

It takes time to build castles. Rome wan not built in a day.

It's not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while.

Snuff at a wake is fine if there's nobody sneezing over the snuff box.

If you do not sow in the spring you will not reap in the autumn.

The man with the boots does not mind where he places his foot.