School: Ballynarry
- Location:
- Ballynarry, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. Mac Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0989, Page 070
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- Experience is the best schoolmaster.
Empty vessels make most sound.
A little fire is quickly trodden out.
A little pot is soon hot.
A good book is the best of friends.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
All is not gold that glitters.
It's safer being meek than fierce.
It's a poor heart that never rejoices.
First catch your hare, then cook it.
Friendly often cuts of many foes.
Where there's a will there's a way.
What's done cannot be undone.
O. what a tangled web we weave.
When first we practise to deceive.
He is richest who has fewest wants.
He lives twice who lives well.
Hills look green far away.
Greatest genius often lies concealed.
Praising all alike is praising none.
Distretion always goes at gentle pace.
Blessings ever wait on virtuous acts.
No roses without a thorn.
Two heads are better than one.
Violent fires soon burn out.
Young a gambler, old a begger.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Gertrude P. Smythe
- Gender
- Female
