School: Kentstown (roll number 1599)
- Location:
- Kentstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Lúasaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0684, Page 434
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- No 1. Never judge the book by the
cover.
2. He who grasps too much loses all in
the end.
3. He is too late to spare when all is
spent.
4. Late and early are all the chances.
5. He who fights and runs away lives to
fight another day.
6. You cannot put an old head on
young shoulders.
7. All that glitters is not gold.
8. Count not your chickens before they
hatch.
9. No gains, no pains.
10. Honestly is the best policy.
11. Pride always gets a fall.
12. Self praise is no praise.
13. Butter to butter is no kitchen.
14. Better to go to bed supperless than
to rise in debt.
15. Poor trust is dead, bad pay killed
him.
16. A half an hour too soon, is better
than a half a minute too late.
17. The highest test of character is the
right use of authority.
18. By learning to bag we know how to
command.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Byrne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ashpark, Co. Meath
