 | Allan Ramsay - 1815 - 194 страници
...weel. A' things are guid untry'd. A man's mind is a mirk mirrour. A man's ay Grouse on his ain cause. A man canna bear a' his kin on his back. A man of many trades may beg his bread on Sunday. A man at five may be a fool at fifteen. A man may see his... | |
 | Scottish proverbs - 1832 - 628 страници
...A nod frae a lord is a breakfast for a fool. A fool's bolt is soon shot. A' fails that fools think. A man at five may be a fool at fifteen. A man may speak like a wise man, and act like a fool. A rogue detected is the greatest fool. As the fool... | |
 | Alexander Hislop - 1868 - 378 страници
...held in scorn. " Amaist" and " Very near" hae aye been great liars. Amaist was ne'er a man's life. A man at five may be a fool at fifteen. A man at forty is either a fool or a physician. A man canna bear a' his ain kin about on his back. A man... | |
 | Alfred Henderson - 1869 - 526 страници
...prevents misfortune." See " Caret periculo." Citb maturum, citb putridum. — Soon ripe, soon rotten. " A man at five may be a fool at fifteen." " A man at sixteen will prove a child at sixty." " There is an order Of mortals on the earth, who do become... | |
 | Alexander Hislop (publisher) - 1870 - 378 страници
...and held in scorn. " Amaist" and "Very near" hae aye been great liars. Amaist was ne'er a man's life. A man at five may be a fool at fifteen. A man at forty is either a fool or a physician. A man canna bear a' his ain kin about on his back. A man... | |
 | Andrew Henderson - 1876 - 242 страници
...speir mae questions than a wise man can answer. A fool's bolt is soon shot. A' fails that fools think. A man at five may be a fool at fifteen. A man may speak like a wise man, and act like a fool. A nod frae a lord is a breakfast for a fool. A rogue... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - 1882 - 586 страници
...old at thirty, or young at eighty. A man assaulted is half taken. Bxke of Meery Kiddla, 1639, No. 22. A man at five may be a fool at fifteen. A man at sixteen will prove a child at sixty. A man can do no more than he can. A man cannot spin and reel... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1888 - 440 страници
...well. A' things are good untried. A man's mind is a mirk mirror. A man's aye erouse in his ain cause. A man canna bear a' his kin on his back. A man of mony trades may beg his bread on Sunday. A man at five may be a fool at fifteen. A man may woo where... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1888 - 444 страници
...well. A' things are good untried. A man's mind is a mirk mirror. A man's aye erouse in his ain cause. A man canna bear a' his kin on his back. A man of mony trades may beg his bread on Sunday. A man at five may be a fool at fifteen. A man may see his... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1899 - 646 страници
...heavy heart. A' Stuarts are na sib to the king. A' things are gude untry'd. A man canna bear a' his ain kin on his back. A man at five may be a fool at fifteen. A man may be kind, an' gie little o' his gear. A man is weel or wae, as he thinks himsel sae. A man has nae... | |
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A' things wytes that no well fares. A's wejl that ends well. A' things are good untried. A man's mind is a mirk mirror. A man's aye erouse in his ain cause. A man canna bear a' his kin on his back. A man of mony trades may beg his bread on Sunday. A man... 
