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13                 Ill news are aft owre true. III payers are aye good cravers. Ill-will never spake well. Joke at leisure, ye kenna wha may jybe yoursel Jouk and let the jaw gae by. It gangs in at ae lug and out at the ither. It is a good tongue that says nae ill. It is an ill wind that blaws naebody good. It is an ill cause that the lawyers think shame to                 It is a mean mouse that has but ae hole. It is a nasty bird that files its ain nest. It is a sair field where a's slain., It is a silly flock where the ewe bears the bell. It is a silly hen that canna serape for ae bird. It is a tint that is done to auld folk and bairns. It is better to sup with a cutty than want a spoon. It is good gear that pleases the merchant. It is good baking beside the meal. It is good sleeping in a hale skin. It is good to be out of harms gate. It is good to be sib to siller. It is hard to sit in Rome and strive with the Pope. It is hard to please a' parties, It is hard baith to have and want. It is ill getting breeks aff a Highlandman. It is ill bringing butt what's no benn. It is kittle shooting at corbies and clergy. It is kittle to waken sleeping dogs. It is needless to pour water on a drown'd mouse. It is not tint that a friend gets. It is not what is she, but what has she. It is past joking when the head's aff. It is well war'd that wasters want. It is well that our fauts are not written on our face.