Irish Proverb
Irish Proverb
bitter drink pay sweet
It is sweet to drink but bitter to pay for.
drinking sorrow thirst
Thirst is the end of drinking and sorrow is the end of drunkenness.
drink ends good
Good as drink is, it ends in thirst.
donkey
The world would not make a racehorse of a donkey
built rounded unless wall
and you have not built a wall unless you have rounded a corner.
people quiet
Quiet people are well able to look after themselves.
dry until value water
We do not know the value of water until we go dry
learned properly trade
A trade not properly learned is an enemy.
listen river sound
Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout.
exist unknown
It is better to exist unknown to the law.
broken nose
Many a man's nose was broken by his mouth.
act thy
Let not thy act be from thy tongue.
man mature running twenty
Twenty years a child; twenty years running wild; twenty years a mature man /and after that, praying.
memory proverbs wrong
When you are right no one remembers; when you are wrong no one forgets.