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    A closed mouth is sweet.
    Do not praise or dispraise yourself.
    Hunger is a good sauce.
    The hills look green far away.
    Sense does not come before age.
    Do not break or make a law.
    A little and say it well.
    It is not a secret when three know it.
    Wine is sweet but payment is bitter.
    Sense is better than strength.
    A windy day is not the day for thatching.
    Big noise in a small head.
    A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush.
    The truth itself is bitter.
    Praise the young and she will come to you.
    A half a loaf is better than no bread.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tommy Cullen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Brockagh Lower, Co. Leitrim