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Pluck o' the Irish: The Proverbial Sheamus* c7 W/ l* o& M6 l3 m. V; ?" b2 C
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He who can follow his own will is a king.% V) t7 H, ?5 H K/ Z! f j* K
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A good run is better than a bad stand.4 ^! q* E$ O/ y/ e: Z
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The full man does not understand the wants of the hungry.
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Truth stands when everything else falls./ o3 X9 {/ K/ Q* h& M% k( x8 ~
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! F) o5 @! K2 pInstinct is stronger than upbringing.
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' H4 M* L$ x/ H! p+ F2 ePossession makes (for) satisfaction.
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A wren in the hand is better than a crane to be caught.! V) R, \% R) ]
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Trouble hates nothing as much as a smile.
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Don't bid the devil good day till you meet him.
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5 [& G/ l5 x+ F ]/ J. yA bad workman quarrels with his tools.
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The hand goes only where the leg goes.
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To be red-haired is better than to be without a head.
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2 X' R; A. l7 \( Y3 f- }& pOne eye in the corner is sharper than two about the house.
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Pity the man who has a stranger's spancel on him.
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What I'm afraid to hear I'd better say first myself.
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' s# a- w# `7 T* t. mThe one who succeeds is toasted ...
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... The one who fails is kicked.9 _& g3 o+ P! _6 D' W" Z, ^* f
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Broken Irish is better than clever English.
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! K4 f, k; w2 \/ KThere is no strength without unity.
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It is difficult to soothe the proud.
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Put it on your shoulder and say it is not a burden.8 C/ [. K. B: B; i& {) Y
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) V4 n% ]1 v2 ?2 C( m: D- UIgnorance is a heavy burden.
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Going in is not the same as going out.9 e; u% b+ b* V; [# J& _
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Youth sheds many a skin.
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A good beginning is half the work.
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' V. m" w( p+ S' f$ l, GThe man with the boots does not mind where he places his foot., {4 H% S* m; s0 }; ]
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Work is better than talk.( V& F% T) M5 j' v* _
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