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The cure may be aur than the difeafe. The deil's bairns hae deil's luck. The firft fufs o‘ a haggis is ay the bauldeft. The king's errand may come in the cadger's gate. The langer we live we fee the mae ferlies The mair ye greet ye'll pifh the lefs. The langer ye tread on a turd it ay grows the braider. The mafter's ee maks the horfe fat. The fmith's mare and the fouter's wife are ay ward fhod. The thiefer like the better fodger. The thing that's in your wame's no in your teftameat. The worth o' a thing is bed tend by the want o't. There's nane fae blind as them that winna fee. There's life in a muffel as lang as it cheeps. They are like the gryces, if ye kittle their wame they fa' on their backs. They that get a word o' foon rifing may ly a' day. Three can keep a fecret if twa be awa'. True blue will never ftain.