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30+ Irish Quotes And Proverbs

Irish history and culture are so rich with sparkles of knowledge and wisdom. Irish history is filled with many beautiful wise personalities. Irish culture has many thoughtful old proverbs. This is a collection of 32 Irish quotes, Irish sayings, and proverbs.


The future's not set, there is no fate but what we make for ourselves. - Irish proverb
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. - George Bernard Shaw
You can have Irish identity in the north and also have your Irish passport. - Seamus Heaney
One of the very best rules of conversation is to never say anything which any of the company wish had been left unsaid. - Jonathan Swift
When Irish eyes are smiling, watch your step. - Gerald Kersh
The Irish consider retirement the time to kick back and enjoy life to the fullest. - Thomas O'Leary
Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat. - Alex Levine
Though the pen is mightier than the sword, the sword speaks louder and stronger at any given moment. - Leonard Wibberley
Irish diplomacy is the ability to tell a man to go to hell so that he looks forward to making the trip. - Irish saying
We are ready to die and shall die cheerfully and proudly, you must not grieve for all of this. - Padraig Pearse
The Irish are the only men who know how to cry for the dirty polluted blood of all the world. - Norman Mailer
Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy. - Fiona Shaw
Northern Irish people tend to have this sharp, dark sense of humour. - Aisling Bea
Mothers hold their children’s hands for just a little while. And their hearts forever. - Irish proverb
The Irish are a very fair people, they never speak well of one another. - Samuel Johnson
The Irish - Be they kings, or poets, or farmers, They're a people of great worth, They keep company with the angels, And bring a bit of heaven here to earth. - Irish Sayings
Irish people have a trick of over-statement, at which one ceases to wince as one grows older. - Katharine Tynan
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Language is so important to the Irish, almost regardless of education. - Jessie Buckley
If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks. - Brendan Behan
Being Irish means you belong to the clan. It's what you feel. They feel Irish. - Martin Naughton
The Irish are people who will never have leaders, for at the great moment they always desert them. - James Joyce
The Irish fight amongst themselves because they have yet to find a more worthy opponent. - Irish Sayings
The Irish want to smile, and they want to have fun. - Shaggy
Irish people are educated not only about artistry but local history. - Fiona Shaw
Irish people are pragmatic. They understand that nobody is going to fix our problems but ourselves. - Enda Kenny
The Irish are the only men who know how to cry for the dirty polluted blood of all the world. - Norman Mailer
There's no sense to being Irish unless you know the world's going to break your heart. - Thomas Adcock
The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill. - Harold Nicolson
To be Irish is to know that in the end the world will break your heart. - Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Two people shorten the road. - Irish proverb
The Irish people will only be free, when they own everything from the plough to the stars. James Connolly
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