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O'er mickle of a thing is good for naething. O'er sicker o'er loose. Of a' sorrow a fou sorrow's best. Of twa ills chuse the least. Oil and truth will get uppermost at last. Open confession is good for the saul. Out of debt out of danger. Oppression will make a wise man mad. P                 Pay him in his ain coin. Pith's good in a play. Play's good while it is play. Penny wise and pound foolish, Poor fouk's friends soon misken. Possession is eleven points of the law. Pride and grace dwell never in ae place. Put the saddle on the right horse. Put on your spurs and be at your speed. Q                 Quality without quantity is little thought of. Quick for you'll never be cleanly. Quick at meat quick at wark. Quick returns make sieh merehants. R                 RATHER spill your joke than tine your friend. Raw dawds make fat lads. Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt. Rick fouk have routh o' friends. Ride fair and jap nane. Right mixture makes good mortar. Right wrangs nae man. Rome was not bigged in ae day, Roose the fair day at e'en.