1393 Scottish Proverbs / Page 11
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Better a dog fawn on you than bark at you.202.
Better a finger aff than aye wagging.203.
Better a gude fame than a fine face.204.
Better a poor horse than no horse at all.205.
Better a toom house than an ill tenant.206.
Better a wee bush than nae beild.207.
Better an even down snaw than a driving drift.208.
Better auld debts than auld sairs.209.
Better be deid than oot o' fashion.210.
Better be freends at a distance than enemies at hame.211.
Better be idle than ill doing.212.
Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one.213.
Better be sonsy than soon up.214.
Better be the lucky man than the lucky man's son.215.
Better bend than break.216.
Better bide the Cooks nor the Mediciners.217.
Better buy than barrow.218.
Better day the better deed.219.
Better eat brown bread in youth than in eild.220.
Better find iron than tine siller.