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- An té nach bhfuil láidir, ní
foláir dó bheith glic.
He who is not strong must be clever.
- Ní mar a síltear a bítear
Things may not be as they seem to be
- Muna bhfuil agat ach pocán
gabhair, bí i lár an aonaigh leis.
If you only have a buck-goat, be in the middle of the fair with it. [Use
whatever talents you have got]
- An té a bhíónn siúltach,
bíonn scéaltach
He who has travelled has stories to tell
- Giorraíonn beirt bóthar
Two people shorten the road [because of the company]
- Ní huasal ná íseal, ach thuas
seal is thíos seal
Neither noble nor lowly, but up for a while and down for a while
- Ní bhíonn saoi gan locht
There is no expert without a fault
- Is fearr an t-imreas ná an
t-uaigneas
The fight/argument is better than the loneliness
- Mol an óige agus tiocfaidh sí
Praise youthfulness and it will respond to you
- Ní thagann ciall roimh aois
Sense does not come before age
- Ní neart go cur le chéile
There is not strength until there is unity
- Níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán
féin
There is no fireside like your own fireside [There's no place like your own home]
- Is minic cuma aingeal ar an
diabhal féin
It is often that the devil himself has the appearance of an angel
- Filleann an feall ar an
bhfeallaire
The crime rebounds on the criminal
- Ní feidir an dubh a chur ina bhán air
You can't convince him that black is white
- Glacann bán dubh, ach ní ghlacann dubh bán
White accepts black, but black does not accept white
- Is treise gliocas ná neart
Cunning is stronger than (superior to) strength
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