Famous Proverbs
948 Proverbs about Irish / Page 52
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Don't go to law with the devil in the court of hell.512.
When you're not fishing be mending the nets.513.
Listen to the sound of the river and you will catch a trout.514.
Praise the sea but keep near land.515.
It is hard to hunt the hare out of the bush it is not in.516.
The wise bird flies lowest.517.
'so near and yet so far,' said the man when the bird lit on his gun.518.
There is hope from the sea but there is no hope from the land.519.
Come seldom, come welcome.520.
A man lives long in his native place.