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 19 The mair coft the mair honour The mawt is aboon the meal wi’ him The mair noble the mair humble The mafters eye makes the horfe fat 690 The matr mifchief the better fport The pains o’ergan s the prophet The poor man's aye put to the watft The poor man pays for a’ The poor s man’s fhilling is but a penny 695 The ftrongest horfe I ups the dyke The fcholar may waur the mafter The ftill four cats up a' the draff The fmith has aye a fpark in his hawfe The fimple man’s the beggar’s brother 7OO The thieter like the better fogers The thing thaf’s done is no to do The thing that’s frifted is not foreign The tod keeps aye his ain hole clean, The tod s whalps are ill to tame 705 The tod never fares better than when he's bann’d The warft warld that ever was fome naan wan The worth of a thing is beft kend by the want o’t The world is bound to nae man The unsonfy fifh gets the unlucky bait 710 There is mony a true tale tell’d in a jeft There is a meafure in a things There is nane fae blind as them that winna fee There is naething faid that’s no ill tane There was never a fair word in 715 There was a wife that kept her fupper for her breakfaft, and fhe’ or day There was never a cake but it had its maik There was never enough where naething was left There is fkill in gruel making There is a time to gley and a time to look even 720 There is a great differ amang market days There is an end of an auld fang There is aye lire for a living mn 'There is an net in the bird of Grant’s court, that no aboon eleven fpeaks at anes There is mae ways to the wood than ane 725 There is mae married than good houfe hadders There never came ill after good advertisement'