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The higher up the greater fa'. (gate.   The king's errand may come in the cadger's gate.    The langer we live we see the mair fairlies.    The lazy man is the beggar's brother. 650  The lacky penny worth sells soonest.    The langest day will have an end.    The laird may be laird and need his hind's help    The meir ye greet ye'll pish the less.     The mair the merrier, the fewer the better cheer. 655  The mair cost the mair honour.    The mawt is aboon the meal with him.    The mair noble the mair humble.    The master's eye makes the horse fat.    The mair mischief the better sport. 660  The pains o'argangs the profit.    The poor man's ay put to the warst.    The poor man pays for a'.    The poor man's shilling is but a penny.    The strongest horse loups the dike. 665 The scholar may war the master.    The still sow eats up a the draff.    The smith has ay a spark in his hawse.    The simple man's the Beggar's brother. The thing that's done is no to do. 670 The tod keeps ay his ain hole clean. The tod's whelps are ill to tame. The warld is bound to man. The unlucky fish gets ay the unlucky bait. 675 There is mony true tale told in a jest. There is a measure in a' things. There is none so blind as them that will not see There is naething ill said that's no ill tane. There was never a fair word in flyting. 680 There was a wife that kept her supper for her breakfast, and she was dead or day. There is skill in gruel måking. There is a time to gley and a time to look even. There is a great differ amang market-days.