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The true nature of someone's character is revealed through their eyes.
~ Irish Proverbs
Two-thirds of help is to give courage.
~ Irish Proverbs
A hut is a palace to the poor man.
~ Irish Proverbs
A good start is half the work.
~ Irish Proverbs
A cabin with plenty of food is better than a hungry castle.
~ Irish Proverbs
Everyone is wise until he speaks.
~ Irish Proverbs
A good retreat is better than a bad stand.
~ Irish Proverbs

What the child sees, the child does. What the child does, the child is.
~ Irish Proverbs
The fences (walls) have ears.
~ Irish Proverbs
The longer it takes to break a man's patience, the more powerful his wrath will be.
~ Irish Proverbs
It is better to have broken Irish than clever English.
~ Irish Proverbs
If you come up in this world, be sure not to go down in the next.
~ Irish Proverbs
The full person does not understand the needs of the hungry.
~ Irish Proverbs
A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book.
~ Irish Proverbs
There is light at the end of the tunnel.
~ Irish Proverbs
Good luck comes in slender currents, misfortune in a rolling tides.
~ Irish Proverbs
Never buy through your ears but through your eyes.
~ Irish Proverbs
Three men know it, all men know it.
~ Irish Proverbs
Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war.
~ Irish Proverbs
We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.
~ Irish Proverbs
Hope is the physician of each misery.
~ Irish Proverbs

The believer is happy, the doubter is wise.
~ Irish Proverbs

If you get a reputation as an early riser, you can sleep till noon.
~ Irish Proverbs

Give away all you like, but keep your bills and your temper.
~ Irish Proverbs

A diplomat must always think twice before he says nothing.
~ Irish Proverbs

A lie travels farther than the truth.
~ Irish Proverbs

Even the longest day has its end.
~ Irish Proverbs

A silent mouth is sweet to hear.
~ Irish Proverbs

A dog owns nothing, yet is seldom dissatisfied.
~ Irish Proverbs

Good luck beats early rising.
~ Irish Proverbs

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