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Bare gentry braggiag beggars. Be lang fick that ye may be foon hale. Beggars fhould na be chufers. Be guefs, as the blind man fell’d the dog. Better a bit in the morning than faft a’ day. Better a finger aff than ay wagging. Better a toom houfe than an ill tenant. Better auld debts than auld fairs. Better fma fifh than nae fifh. Better be envied than pitied. Better be alane than in ill company. Better be idle than ill employed. Better be kind than cumberfome. Better bay than borrow. Better day the better deed. Better flatter a fool than light with him. Better find iron than the filler. Better gie the flight than tac it. Better haud by a hair than draw wi’ a tether' Better hein at the braird than at the bottom. Better kifs a knave than caft out wi’ him. Better keep the deil without the door in drive him out o’ the houfe. Better keep weel than mak weel Better late thrive than ne’er do weel