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1. Proverbs (continued)

   

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   Young a gambler- old a beggar.
   Better late than never.
   Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.
   Children and fools might not handle edged tools.
   Win gold and wear it.
   Self-praise is no recommendation.
   A good name is better than riches.
   Poverty is no crime.
   Neither a borrower nor a lender be.
   Those who go aborrowing go asorrowing.
   Spare the rod and spoil the child.
   Youth is the time to learn.
   You should always look before you leap.
   Think twice before you speak once.
   Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day.
   Never be to hasty.
   If angry count to a hundred before you speak.
   A new broom sweeps clean.
   Age is honourable and youth is valuable.
   A stitch in time saves nine.
   As good to be out of the world as out of the fashion.
   Wilful waste makes useful want.
   It is late to spare when all is spent.
   All is not gold that glitters.
   Hills are green far away.
   A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. proverbs (~4,377)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   John Diffley

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   11

   Address

   Derryhanee, Co. Roscommon

   Informant

   Owen Farrell

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   60