T - Letter - Proverbs
Take gifts with a sigh most men give to be paid The beginning and end of one's life is to draw closer to the fire. The day will come when the cow will have use for her tail. The heaviest ear of grain bends its head the lowest. The hole is more honorable than the patch. The light heart lives long. The longest road out is the shortest road home. The man with the boots does not mind where he places his foot. The mills of God grind slowly but they grind finely. The old pipe gives the sweetest smoke. The older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune. The raggy colt often made a powerful horse. The smallest thing outlives the human being. The thief is no threat to the beggar. The three sharpest things in the world: a thorn in the mud, a hemp rope, a fool's word. The tiredness leaves but the profit remains. The treachery returns to the betrayer. The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches. The well fed does not understand the lean. The work praises the man. The world would not make a racehorse of a donkey. The Irish forgive their great men when they are safely buried. The longest road out is the shortest road home. The older the fiddle the sweeter the tune The full man does not understand the wants of the hungry The growth of the gosling The beginning and end of one's life is to draw closer to the fire. The future is not set, there is no fate but what we make for ourselves. The best way to keep loyalty in a man's heart is to keep money in his purse. The day will come when the cow will have use for her tail. The heaviest ear of grain bends its head the lowest. The hole is more honorable than the patch. The light heart lives long. The longest road out is the shortest road home. The man with the boots does not mind where he places his foot. The mills of God grind slowly but they grind finely. The old pipe gives the sweetest smoke. The older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune. The raggy colt often made a powerful horse. The smallest thing outlives the human being. The thief is no threat to the beggar. The three sharpest things in the world: a thorn in the mud, a hemp rope, a fool's word. The tiredness leaves but the profit remains. The treachery returns to the betrayer. The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches. The well fed does not understand the lean. The work praises the man. The world would not make a racehorse of a donkey. The future is not set, there is no fate but what we make for ourselves The day will come when the cow will have use for her tail. The hole is more honorable than the patch. The light heart lives long. The man with the boots does not mind where he places his foot. The mills of God grind slowly but they grind finely. The raggy colt often made a powerful horse. The smallest thing outlives the human being. The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches. The well fed does not understand the lean. The work praises the man. The world would not make a racehorse of a donkey. The day will come when the cow will have use for her tail. The hole is more honorable than the patch. The light heart lives long. The man with the boots does not mind where he places his foot. The mills of God grind slowly but they grind finely. The raggy colt often made a powerful horse. The smallest thing outlives the human being. The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches. The work praises the man. The world would not make a racehorse of a donkey. The mother (sides) with the son, and the daughter with the father. The heaviest ear of grain bends its head the lowest. The raven thinks its own nestling fair. The people live in one another's shadows. The people encounter one another, but the hills never meet (nor the mountains). The well-fed (person) does not understand the slender (person). The world would not make a race horse out of an ass (donkey). The windy day is not the day for thatching The sty before the litter The full stomach does not understand the empty one The man who was dividing Ireland didn't leave himself last The eye should be blind in the home of another The slow hound often has good qualities The bird that can sing and won't sing should be made to sing The waiting man thinks the time long The well-filled belly has little understanding of the empty The person of the greatest talk is the person of the least work The beetle recognizes another beetle. The world would not make a race horse out of an ass (donkey). The fox never found a better messenger than himself The people encounter one another, but the hills never meet (nor the mountains). Thirst makes (for) thirst. The help of God is closer than the door. The three best friends and the three worst enemies: fire, wind, and water. The day of rain is not the day of children. The tiredness leaves but the profit remains. The juice of the cow is good, alive or dead. The thief is no threat to the beggar(man). The heaviest load [is] on the gentlest horse. The longest road out is the shortest road home. The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs The slow horse reaches the mill. The old pipe gives the sweetest smoke The fox never found a better messenger than himself The year is good when Christmas comes during the first phase of the moon. The one who succeeds is toasted. The one who fails is kicked. The four least useful things; a headache, a bitter mouth, a worried mind, and an empty pocket. The treachery returns to the betrayer. The heaviest ear of grain bends its head the lowest. The quiet one is often guilty. The well-fed (person) does not understand the slender (person). The one who opens his mouth the most, 'tis he who opens his purse the least. The quiet one is often guilty. The jump of a cock on the dungheap The wood will renew the foliage it sheds. The hand goes only where the leg goes. The best way to keep loyalty in a man's heart is to keep money in his purse. The work praises the man. The tiredness leaves but the profit remains. The end of a feast is better than the beginning of a fight The thief is no danger to the beggar There are two tellings to every story. There is hope from the sea, but none from the grave. There is no fireside like your own fireside. There is no luck except where there is discipline. There is no need like the lack of a friend. There is no wise man without fault. There is often the look of an angel on the Devil himself. There tends to be a black sheep in even the whitest flock. There's no need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down. There's no worth to a story without an author. There are two tellings to every story. There is hope from the sea, but none from the grave. There is no fireside like your own fireside. There is no luck except where there is discipline. There is no need like the lack of a friend. There is no wise man without fault. There is often the look of an angel on the Devil himself. There tends to be a black sheep in even the whitest flock. There's no need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down. There's no worth to a story without an author. There is hope from the sea, but none from the grave. There is no fireside like your own fireside. There is no luck except where there is discipline. There is no need like the lack of a friend. There is no strength without unity. There is no thing wickeder than a woman of evil temper. There's no worth to a story without an author. There is no wise man without fault. There is no prosperity unless there is discipline. There is no strength without unity. There's no sore ass like your own sore ass. There tends to be a black sheep (even) in the whitest flock. There was a bell in the church and it wasn't very sweet sounding. There is no virtue in the herb that is not got in time. There are two versions to a story and twelve arrangements to a song There is no nation without a language. There's no place like home. There's no need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down. There was never a scabby sheep in a flock that didn't like to have a comrade There tends to be a black sheep (even) in the whitest flock. There is no wise man without fault. There's no worth to a story without an author. There is nothing in the world so poor as going to hell. There never was an old slipper but there was an old stocking to match it There is a lot of weather in a March day. There's neither success nor efficiency without authority and laws There'll be white blackbirds before an unwilling woman ties the knot There are two telling's to every story Thirst is the end of drinking and sorrow is the end of drunkenness. Time is a good storyteller. Tell it to Mary in a whisper, and Mary will tell it to the parish. Three diseases without shame: Love, itch and thirst. Three kinds of brains:a running brain,a rock brain,a wax brain. Three diseases without shame: Love, itch and thirst. Three things hardest to understand; the intellect of women, the work of the bees,the coming and going of the tide. The four least useful things; a headache, a bitter mouth, a worried mind, and an empty pocket. 'Tis afterwards that everything is understood 'Tis many a sad morning followed a merry night. Traveler's have tales to tell. To be red-haired is better than to be without a head To put off repentance is dangerous To the raven her own chick is white. To every cow its calf;to every book its copy To the fighting man peace is sure To the raven her own chick is white. Twenty years coming, Twenty years good, Twenty years declining, and Twenty years useless. Two thirds of the work is the semblance Two people see a thing that an individual does not see. Two shorten the road. Two things that go for loss-turf on a mountain and the wisdom of a poor man.