Our neighbour’s ground yields better corn than ours

Similar English and Irish sayings:

When the cuckoo comes to the bare thorn, sell your cow and buy you corn; but when she comes to the futt bit, sell your corn and buy you sheep When the cuckoo comes to the bare thorn, sell your cow and buy you corn; but when she comes to the futt bit, sell your corn and buy you sheep
Don’t yield to misfortunes Don’t yield to misfortunes
Politeness costs little (nothing), but yields much Politeness costs little (nothing), but yields much

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