School: Gurrane (C.) (roll number 14840)
- Location:
- Clondrohid, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Shéaghdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0326, Page 336
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- (continued from previous page)It is an idle wind that blows nobody good.
It is better to wear out than to rust out.
Bust consumes more than labour wears.
Still water runs deep.
You can't expect an empty bag to stand upright.
The watched pot never boils.
Bend the twig and the tree will bend.
Ill habite flow to unseen degrees as brooks make rivers and rivers run to seas.
He who stops to steal a pin will often steal a greater thing.
If a joke you cannot take, then a joke you should not make.
He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day.
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.
Beg from a beggar and you will never grow rich.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Sharper than a serpent's tooth a thankless child.
It is no use to lock the stable when the steed is stolen.
Ill got ill gone. Virtue is its own reward.
Willfull waste makes woeful want and you may(continues on next page)
