1393 Scottish Proverbs / Page 47
921.
Oil and truth will get uppermost at last.922.
On painting and fighting look adreich.923.
One for sorrow, two for joy,
Three for a girl, four for a boy.
Five for silver, six for gold,
And seven for a secret that must never be told.924.
One may ride a free horse to death.925.
One may survive distress, but not disgrace.926.
One should watch out for a very trifling or lame reason given for something that has been done.927.
One whisky is all right; two is too much; three is too few.928.
Oor ain reek's better than ither fowk's fire.929.
Open confession is good for the soul.930.
Oppression will make a wise man mad.931.
Out o' davy lindsay into wallace.932.
Out o' debt, out o' danger.933.
Out o' the peat pot into the gutter.934.
Out of debt out of danger.935.
Ower mony grieves hinder the wark.936.
Pay him in his ain coin.937.
Peace is the well from which the stream of joy runs.938.
Penny wise and pound foolish.939.
Perfect love cannot be without equality.940.
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