ProverbPedia

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.

Scottish Proverb:
Good cheir and good cheap garres many haunt the house.
English Translation:
Good cheer and low prices make many people frequent the house.

Scottish Proverb:
He that wil not hear motherhead, shal hear stepmotherhead.
English Translation:
He who will not listen to a mother's counsel shall obey a stepmother's rule.

Scottish Proverb:
He that borrows and bigs, makes feasts and thigs, drinkes and is not dry, these three are not thrifty.
English Translation:
He who borrows to build, gives feasts and then begs, or drinks when not thirsty—these three are not thrifty.

Scottish Proverb:
He is not the best wright that hewes the maniest speals.
English Translation:
He is not the best carpenter who makes the most woodchips.