Maxims & Wise Counsel

Is comaithech cach combúasach.

(is * neighbor * every * equally-wealthy)

Something of equal value is close enough.

(more esteemed * excellence * than age)

Excellence is more honored than age.

(better * fore-intelligence * than after-intelligence)

Foresight is better than hindsight.

(foundation * of poet * learning)

Learning is a poet’s foundation.

(sensible * everyone * until * old age)

Everyone is compos mentis until old age.

(sharper * every * thorn * that is * younger)

Younger thorns are sharper. (Younger people are sharper.)

(not was found * not will be found * judge * that might be * more true * (than) battle-field)

A truer judge than the battle field has never been found, and never will be.

(deserves * every * false-judging * short-life * & * removal * & * extinction)

Every false judge deserves short life, removal from office, and death without an heir.

(better-of-it * sense * advice)

Sense is the better of advice.
Advice makes good sense better.

(better-of-it * knowledge * asking)

Knowledge is the better of inquiry.
Inquiry improves knowledge.