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Quotes by Irish Sayings

Irish Sayings

“Youve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.”

“If youre lucky enough to be Irish, then youre lucky enough.”

“It is easy to be pleasant when life flows by like a song, but the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong. For the test of the heart is trouble, and it always comes with years, and the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through the tears.”

“Who gossips with you will gossip of you”

“Beware of people who dislike cats”

“Continual cheerfulness is a sign of wisdom.”

“There are fish in the sea better than have ever been caught”

“Great hate follows great love”

“It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life”

“A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures”

“But the greatest love - the love above all loves, Even greater than that of a mother - Is the tender, passionate, undying love, Of one beer drunken slob for another”

“A scholars ink lasts longer than a martyrs blood”

“Put silk on a goat and it is still a goat”

“The stars make no noise”

“A good retreat is better than a bad stand”

“Marry a mountain girl and you marry the whole mountain.”

“Dont give cherries to pigs or advice to fools”

“A silent mouth is sweet to hear”

“Youll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind”

“Good luck comes in slender currents, misfortune in a rolling tides”