1393 Scottish Proverbs / Page 56
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The higher up the greater fa'.1102.
The king lies doun, yet the warld rins round.1103.
The king's errand may come in the cadger's gate.1104.
The knowledge of a trade is worth a handful of gold1105.
The laird may be laird and need his hind's help.1106.
The langer we live we see the mae fairlies.1107.
The langest day will have an end.1108.
The less wit a man has, the less he kens the want o't.1109.
The lucky pennyworth sells soonest.1110.
The mair cost the mair honour.1111.
The mair haste, the war speed.1112.
The mair mischief the better sport.1113.
The master's eye makes the horse fat.1114.
The medicine that hurts the most is generally the best healer.1115.
The men o' the east are pykin their geese, and sendin' their feathers here-awa there-awa.1116.
The mother of mischief1117.
The next time ye dance, wit whom ye take by the hand.1118.
The pains o'ergangs the profit.1119.
The poor man pays for a'.1120.
The poor man's aye put to the warst.