A spoonful of Irish
An rud a
líonas an tsúil líonann
sé an croí

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What fills the eye fills the heart

 Ar scáth
a chéile a mhaireas
na daoine

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People live in one another's shadow
Bíonn dhá
insint ar scéal agus dhá
leagan déag ar amhrán

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There are two sides to every story
and twelve versions of a song

 Bíonn siúlach scéalach

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The traveler has tales to tell
Éist le
fuaím na habhann agus
gheobhaidh tú breac

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Listen to the sound of the river
and you will get a trout

 Giorraíonn beirt bóthar

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Two shorten the road
Is fada
an bóthar nach
mbíonn casadh ann

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It is a long road that has no turning

 Is gliobach
í an chearc go dtógann
sí a hál

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The hen has ruffled feathers
until she rears her brood
Is maith
an scéalaí an aímsír

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Time is a great storyteller

 Is maith an
scáthán súil charad

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A friend's eye is a good mirror
Is mínic a
rinne bromach gioblach
capall cumasach

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A raggy colt often made a handsome horse

 Mol an
óige agus tíocfaidh sí

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Praise the young and they will blossom
Ní heaspa go díth carad

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There is no need like
the lack of a friend

 Ní heolas go haontíos

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If you want to know me
come and live with me
Ní huasal
ná íseal ach thuas seal
agus thíos seal

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It is not a matter of upper or lower class
but of being up a while and down a while

 Ní neart
go cur le chéile

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There is not strength without unity
Níl aon
leigheas ar an ngrá
ach pósadh

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The only cure for love is marriage

 Níl aon
tinteán mar do
thinteán féin

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There is no fireside like your own fireside
Ólann an
cat ciúin bainne leis

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The quiet cat also drinks milk

 Síleann do
chara agus do namhaid nach
bhfaighidh tú bás choíche

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Both your friend and your enemy
think that you will never die
An rud is annamb is iontach

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What is strange is wonderfull

 Ar mbaite leis féin a
aheinneann an cat crónán

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It's for its own good that a cat purrs
Bíonn blas ar an mbeagán

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Though little, it is tasty

 Chuirfeadh sé cosa
faoi chearca duit

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He would put legs under a chicken
(talkative)
Is binn béal ina thost

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Silence is golden

 Is cuma le fear na mbróg
cá gcuireann sé a chos

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The man with boots does not have to
worry about where he puts his feet
Is deacair ceann críonna
a chur ar cholainn óig

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It is difficult to put
a wise head on young shoulders

 Is fearr focal sa chúirt
ná punt sa sparán

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A good word in court is better than
a pound in your purse
Is fearr rith maith ná
drochsheasamh

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He who runs aways lives
to fight another day

 Is geal leis an bhfiach

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To the black crow
its offspring is bright
Is glas iad na
cnoic i bfad uainn

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Far away hills are green

 Is giorra cabhair
Dé ná an doras

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God's help is nearer than the door
Is minic a bhí fear
maith i seanbhriste

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Good men can often
be found in worn britches

 Marbh le tae agus
marbh gan é

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Some people are never satisfied
Ní haon mhaith a bheith ag coineadh
nuair a imíonn an tsocbraid

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There's no good in keening when
the funeral has moved off

 Ní hí an áilleacht a chuireann
an corcán ag fiuchaidh

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Beauty does not boil the pot
Ni dhéanfaidh an saol
capall ráis d'asal

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The world can't make a
racehorse out of a donkey

 Ní hé lá na
gaoithe lá na scolb

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The day of the big wind is no time
to be doing the thatching
Níor bhris focal maith
fiacal riamh

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A good word never broke anyone's teeth

 Riheann uisce
doimhin ciúin

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Still waters run deep