ProverbPedia

Scottish Proverb:
Lang or ye cut Falkland wood with a pen knife.
English Translation:
It will be a long time before you cut down Falkland forest with a penknife.

Scottish Proverb:
Mony men does lack, that yat wald fain have in their pack.
English Translation:
Many men disparage (belittle) what they would gladly have in their own pack.

Scottish Proverb:
Mony kinsfolk, but few friends.
English Translation:
Many relatives, but few true friends.

Scottish Proverb:
Meat and masse never hindred no man.
English Translation:
Stopping for food and Mass never hindered any man's work.

Scottish Proverb:
Na plie is best.
English Translation:
No lawsuit (quarrel) is best.

Scottish Proverb:
Of ill debtours men takes eattes.,
English Translation:
From bad debtors, men gladly accept even oats in payment.

Scottish Proverb:
Possession is worth an ill chartour.
English Translation:
Actual possession is worth more than a defective charter.

Scottish Proverb:
Quhen the cup is fullest, bear it evinest.
English Translation:
When the cup is fullest, carry it most steadily.

Scottish Proverb:
Quhen all men speaks, na man hears.
English Translation:
When everyone speaks at once, nobody hears.

Scottish Proverb:
Shod in the cradle, bairfoot in the stubble.
English Translation:
Pampered with shoes in the cradle, barefoot in the rough stubble later in life.

Scottish Proverb:
Every man wates best where his own shoe bindes him.
English Translation:
Every man knows best where his own shoe pinches him.

Scottish Proverb:
Far sought, and dear bought, is good for Ladies.
English Translation:
Far-sought and dearly bought is good for ladies.