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- Ní fearr bia ná ciall.
Food is not better than sense.
- Nuair a bhíonn an fíon istigh, bíonn an ciall amuigh.
When the wine is in(side), the sense is out(side).
- Ní thagann ciall roimh aois.
Sense does not come before age.
- Is déirce dá chuid féin don amadán.
His own share is charity to the fool.
- Is deacair a bheith ag feadaíl agus ag ithe mine.
It is hard to whistle and eat at the same time.
- Más cam nó díreach an ród, ‘s é an bothar mór an t-aicearra.
Whether the road is crooked or straight, the main road is the short cut.
(Aternatively: The longest way round is the shortest way home.)
- Is trom an rud cearc i bhfad.
A hen [carried] far is a heavy thing.
- Ní hiad na fir mhóra a bhaineas an fomhar i gcónaí.
It is not the great men that always reap the harvest.
- Mol an lá um thránóna.
Praise the day in the evening.
- Seachnaíonn súil ní nach bhfeiceann.
An eye evades a thing it does not see.
- Is doimhin é poll an amhrais.
Deep is the hole of doubt.