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Unusual "wise" sayings?

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    #32
    jimgoose
    Registered Users Posts: 20,174 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    The Tetrarch wrote: »
    A supposed wise saying in racehorse breeding is "breed the best to the best and hope for the best".
    It means send an expensive mare to an expensive stallion.

    My understanding of it is you are encouraged to buy an expensive mare, send her to an expensive stallion, wait a year for the foal.
    The winners here are the seller of the mare and the stallion owner.
    The offspring of these matings are often useless.
    You will only find out if the horse is any good three years after the mating.

    They also say "If you've an ass, what'll you have only an ass foal".


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    #33
    YFlyer
    Registered Users Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    Responsibility is never given its always taken.


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    #34
    Wanderer2010
    Registered Users Posts: 6,663 ✭✭✭Wanderer2010


    Never regret getting old. Its a privilege denied to many..


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    #35
    dartboardio
    Registered Users Posts: 2,436 ✭✭✭dartboardio


    Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

    Penny wise pound foolish


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    #36
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Over 60? Never trust a fart and never pass a toilet.


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    #37
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users Posts: 16,757 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    Aadhya Thankful Teflon wrote: »
    Over 60? Never trust a fart and never pass a toilet.

    You forgot about never wasting a hard-on.


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    #38
    James Brown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,015 ✭✭✭✭James Brown


    'Sometimes you must roar like a Lion so you can be the Lamb you are'.


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    #39
    hi5
    Registered Users Posts: 3,105 ✭✭✭hi5


    Only for the fools there would be no wise men.

    Never argue with an idiot, they'll drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

    You will be a long time dead (to someone procrastinating).


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    #40
    iamstop
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 11,810 Mod ✭✭✭✭iamstop


    dartboardio wrote: »
    Penny wise pound foolish

    Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves.


    Also:
    If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.

    Do you live to work or do you work to live?

    https://open.spotify.com/album/69JKwCcZGdLqX4Upj3DwP7



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    #41
    mrslancaster
    Registered Users Posts: 1,761 ✭✭✭mrslancaster


    Don't cut off your nose to spite your face


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    #42
    Mam of 4
    Registered Users Posts: 21,822 ✭✭✭✭Mam of 4


    It's the old dog for the hard road , and the young pup for the path ..


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    #43
    frag420
    Registered Users Posts: 6,158 ✭✭✭frag420


    It’s better to be looking at it than be looking for it!


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    #44
    Gwynplaine
    Registered Users Posts: 2,910 ✭✭✭Gwynplaine


    You wouldn't see his heart on a clean plate


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    #45
    LaFuton
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 784 ✭✭✭LaFuton


    frag420 wrote: »
    It’s better to be looking at it than be looking for it!

    thats what she said last night!


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    #46
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,917 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    It's often that a man's mouth broke his nose.


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    #47
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 27,869 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    • A lock is better than suspicion.
    • He who gets a name for early rising can stay in bed until midday.
    • Beauty does not boil the pot.
    • The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches.
    • Two shorten the road.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #48
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,277 ✭✭✭Your Face


    Never kick a man in the gowl.


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    #49
    seenitall
    Registered Users Posts: 3,704 ✭✭✭seenitall


    An old Jewish one:

    'Take what you want, and pay for it.'

    I've lived by that, since even before I heard of it.


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    #50
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    It's better to be thought of as a fool, than to open your mouth & remove all doubt.


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    #51
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    The early worm gets caught.


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    #52
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    Aadhya Thankful Teflon wrote: »
    The early worm gets caught.

    The second mouse gets the cheese.


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    #53
    Ipso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    It’s easier to ask for forgiveness than permission


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    #54
    Kasper P
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭Kasper P


    I feel sexy but my mother said that i looked better when I was younger


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    #55
    Deja Boo
    Registered Users Posts: 13,430 ✭✭✭✭Deja Boo


    Yer a long time deid.


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    #56
    storker
    Registered Users Posts: 5,644 ✭✭✭storker


    "The time to cut a stick is when you see it." Meaning: opportunity is fleeting. Don't waste it.

    (This phrase occurs to me a lot when I'm in Lidl. :))


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    #57
    Deja Boo
    Registered Users Posts: 13,430 ✭✭✭✭Deja Boo


    Tis a sore fight for half a loaf!





    you dont get everything you want, life is hard work


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    #58
    wiggle16
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 3,022 Mod ✭✭✭✭wiggle16


    Little apples will grow again.


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    #59
    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    Don't bite the hand that feeds you...


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    #60
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    If at first you don't succeed, hide all evidence that you tried.


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    #61
    munster87
    Registered Users Posts: 4,230 ✭✭✭munster87


    ‘The days are long but the years are short’


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