22 Irish Proverbs about King
All Irish Proverbs | Proverbs about King1. It's no use carrying an umbrella if your shoes are leaking.
2. It's no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted.
3. The seeking for one thing will find another.
4. There never was an old slipper but there was an old stocking to match it.
5. A king's son is not nobler than his food.
6. Thirst is the end of drinking and sorrow is the end of drunkenness.
7. There are many ways of killing a pig other than by choking it with butter.
8. A hungry ass keeps her kicking end down.
9. Never burn a penny candle looking for a halfpenny.
10. He who can follow his own will is a king.
11. Three things you cannot comprehend: the mind of a woman, the working of the bees, and the ebb and flow of the tide.
12. Choose your company before you go drinking.
13. From the king to the beggar, they all depend on the farm.
14. The three faults of drinking are: a sorrowful morning, a dirty coat, and an empty pocket.
15. You cannot tell from a man's clothes how much he is making, but you must look at his wife's.
16. A woman like a goose, a sharp pecking woman.
17. Making the beginning is one third of the work.
18. The best looking-glass is the eyes of a friend.
19. Wherever there are women there's talking, and wherever there's geese there's cackling.
20. Wisdom is what makes a poor man a king, a weak person powerful, a good generation of a bad one, a foolish man reasonable.
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