1393 Scottish Proverbs / Page 4
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A light purse makes a heavy heart.62.
A little wit ser's a lucky man.63.
A man at forty is either a fool or a physician.64.
A man canna bear a' his kin on his back.65.
A man canna wive and thrive in the same year.66.
A man cannot wive and thrive the same year.67.
A man is a lion in his own cause.68.
A man may be kind and gie little o' his gear.69.
A man o' words, and no o' deeds, is like a garden fu' o' weeds.70.
A man of words, but no deeds, is like a garden full of weeds.71.
A man's best fortune, or his worst is a wife.72.
A man's well or wae as he thinks himself sae.73.
A mean pot plaid never even.74.
A misty morning may be a clear day.75.
A muffled cat was ne'er a good hunter.76.
A new besom sweeps clean.77.
A new walk in an old field.78.
A nod o' honest men's eneugh.79.
A nod of an honest man is good enough.80.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.