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School: Swanzy Memorial N. S. (roll number 10428)

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Moville, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Eilis F. Ní Stiobháird
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    Discretion is the better part of valour.
    Revenge is dearly bought at the price of liberty.
    Spare the rod and spoil the child.
    Example is better than precept.
    We may know a tree by it's fruit.
    There are two sides to every truth.
    Quality is better than quantity.
    One man's meat is another man's poison.
    Beware of
    Beware of flatterers.
    The remedy may be as bad as the disease.
    Wise men keep a guard on their tongues.
    It is better to bend than to break.
    Self help is best help.
    There is a use for everything.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jim Smith
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Balleeghan, Co. Donegal