1393 Scottish Proverbs / Page 5
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A penny saved is a penny gained.82.
A person once wud, or deranged, is always suspected of being so, in the event of anything strange taking place.83.
A plump widow needs no advertisement.84.
A pound o' care will no pay an ounce of debt.85.
A Presbyterian minister had a son who was made Archdeacon of Ossery; when this was told to his father, he said, 'If my son will be a knave, I am glad that he will be an archknave.'86.
A proud mind and an empty purse gree ill thegither.87.
A reproof is nae poison.88.
A rich man's wooing need seldom be a long one.89.
A rowing stane gathers nae fog.90.
A saft aiver was ne'er a gude horse.91.
A scots mist will weet an englishman to the skin.92.
A shored tree stands long.93.
A sillerless man gangs fast thraugh the market.94.
A sloathfull man is a beggers brother.95.
A slothful man is a beggar's brother.96.
A sorrowfu' heart's aye dry.97.
A sturdy beggar should hae a stout nae-sayer.98.
A taking hand will never want.99.
A tale never loses in the telling.100.
A tale never tines in the telling.