Famous Proverbs
948 Proverbs about Irish / Page 27
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By degrees the castles are built.262.
You must empty a box before you fill it again.263.
A wedge from itself splits the oak tree.264.
One pair of good soles is worth two pairs of upper leathers.265.
Better an idle house than a bad tenant.266.
The doorstep of a great house is slippery.267.
A heavy purse makes a light heart.268.
A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners.269.
The hand goes only where the leg goes.270.
You never miss the water till the well has run dry.