1393 Scottish Proverbs / Page 34
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If ye dinna see the bottom, dinna wade.662.
If ye had as little money as ye have manners, ye would be the poorest man of all your kin.663.
If you don't see the bottom, don't wade.664.
If you laugh at your ain sport, the company will laugh at you.665.
If you would be a merchant fine, beware o' auld horses, herring, and wine.666.
If you're Heelant you're next door to the Fifer.667.
Ilka bird maun hatch her ain egg.668.
Ill news are aft owre true.669.
Ill payers are aye good cravers.670.
Ill won gear winna enrich the third heir.671.
Ill-will never spake well.672.
In a good time I speak it, in a better I leave it.673.
It dangerous to speak against those who are in authority.674.
It gangs in at ae lug and out at the ither.675.
It ill becomes a carpenter to be heavy-handed, a smith to be shake-handed, or a physician to be tenderhearted.676.
It is a good tongue that says nae ill.677.
It is a mean mouse that has but ae hole.678.
It is a nasty bird that files its ain nest.679.
It is a sair field where a's slain.680.
It is a silly flocks where the ewe bears the bell.