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It is a long road that has no turning.

It is not a secret if it is known by three people.

It is sweet to drink but bitter to pay for.

It is the good horse that draws its own cart.

It takes time to build castles. Rome wan not built in a day.

It's not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while.

Keep a thing for at least seven years and you'll find a use for it.

Lack of resource has hanged many a person.

Traditional Irish Curse

May the curse of Mary Malone and her nine blind illegitimate children chase you so far over the hills of Damnation that the Lord himself can't find you with a telescope.

Mere words do not feed the friars.

Necessity knows no law.

Patience is poultice for all wounds.

People live in each other's shelter.

Praise the young and they will blossom.

Put silk on a goat, and it's still a goat.

Sweet is the wine but sour is the payment.

The day will come when the cow will have use for her tail.

The hole is more honorable than the patch.

When the eagle shall nest in the hollow glen

When mountain and fen shall from mists be free
When the priests shall no longer for gold be seeking
The crow shall be speaking as plain as we

The end of a ship is drowning

The end for a kiln is burning
The end of a feast is frowning
The end of a man's health -is mourning