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Top 10 Irish love sayings for Valentine’s Day

Cupid's words flow effortlessly from the Irish

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JANE WALSH,
IrishCentral.com Staff Writer
Published Monday, February 14, 2011, 7:03 AM
Updated Monday, February 14, 2011, 10:08 AM

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Who has more a way with words than the Irish? From Joyce, to Yeats to Shaw and down through the generations, they have pondered life's great questions, but also expressed their love beautifully.

Here are some short love lines from the heart of the Irish:

1. Pulse of my heart, song of my soul, light of my night

2. May you have warm hands on a cold evening

3.  It is easy to half the potato when there is love

4. Love him when he least deserves it, that's when he most needs it

5. Love makes time pass, beware time making love pass

6. Always trust, when mistrust comes love goes out

7. I believe there is a sun when it is not shining, I believe there is a God when I cannot see him, I believe there is love when I feel it not

8. Beware an Irishman who loves his wife the most but his mother the longest

9. Trouble in love hates nothing more than a smile

10. Love is like a lifeboat on the stormy sea of life

Read more: The five greatest Irish love stories for St. Valentine’s Day

Read more: Love-seekers show up at St. Valentine's resting place in Dublin

Read more: Valentines Day in Ireland? Really?

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ciaradexy | Feb 09, 2012, 05:04 PM EST
Im embarrassed by this nonsense. Please stop.

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Madeliene | Feb 06, 2012, 05:59 PM EST
#4 is so true/ it is good to get a man who treats his mother well as that is how he will treat you

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JackMcG | Feb 16, 2011, 08:46 AM EST
very touching and well-said. I wanted to share with my new-found friends here something I wrote about love not long ago, while thinking of my lost angel....it's not really an attempt at poetry (and it would be a bad attempt if it were), just one middle-of-the-night insomniac's effort to condense all I thought, felt, learned, believed or hoped might be ...as I looked back on a life once so blessed and illuminated by a love so unconditional, transcendent and even magical....(I apologize as well for the intrusion)..the point being that...if meaning is to be found in life that connects our finite existence in some way to something infinite....then love is the clue... Love, especially In the bible*, it says: “There remain these three –faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” For faith can move a mountain or be a mighty fortress, Hope can build a bridge or be an anchor in a storm. But love, especially, has the potential To evolve and grow From its simplest biological origins Into something selfless, unconditional, So overwhelming and overpowering That it becomes something spiritual Transcending the limits of time and space Overcoming the barriers between life and death Uniting spirit and substance, until, Like a beam of light cast out into the universe It crosses infinity and touches the eternal Then reflects back to shine upon all of us, Kindling that spark within us and becoming the thread that connects the divine inside to the divine source of all light and being. Like the flower, sprouting from a tiny seed With its roots deep in the earth That blooms proudly in the sun Before casting its seeds into the wind, Love starts with the miracle of life itself And blossoms in the hope for immortality. * (1 Corinthians 13:13) RIP, love always, forever, my angel—Linda Landi

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kateomprint | Feb 14, 2011, 01:11 PM EST
This is one for the times that are about "When poverty comes in the door loves flies out the window". Happy Valentine's to you all. Towngate what can you do only love the miserable old sods even most of the time they don't deserve it.

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phearne | Feb 14, 2011, 12:14 PM EST
Gotta love the Irish.Even when we only have a mix of Irish in our blood,we are a romantic,persevering lot with a sentimental side,strong loyalties,often a liking for the drink, fierce tempers and loyalties,love of freedom, and a tendency toward melancholy.No one can argue,celebrate and talk of love like the Irish.The Irish and their philosophies are often misunderstood.

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Towngate | Feb 14, 2011, 10:38 AM EST
FOR THE DAY THAT'S IN IT; Joan ~ and in kindness and love, we will pass on your opening question, and the obvious answer... ~~~ as for the quotes - it would be nice to know who wrote them, as, like mylesie, I haven't come across a single one of them before. ~~~ I would love to know who wrote the stunning No.4 in particular.

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oflaherty | Feb 14, 2011, 09:28 AM EST
Not the most romantic list I've ever read - and it would have been nice to know who came up with that first one - pulse of my heart. If anyone's interested, there are more quotes about love at Irish Culture and Customs - The Irish in Love. Beannachtaí na Fhéle Vailintín Pronunciation: Ban-ochth-thee na Fay-leh val-in-theen O'Flaherty

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mylesie | Feb 14, 2011, 09:22 AM EST
Must be living a sheltered life here in Donegal - never heard any of them!!!

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