Blair Collection > Mackintosh's collection of Gaelic proverbs, and familar phrases

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198. Honour is more renowned than gold [is preci-
ous.] (z)
199. Cold is the upland pasture.
200. To scatter is easier than to gather.
201. Better a short sitting than a long standing.
202. Well ought a poem to be made at first, since it
hath many a spoiler, (k)
203. Far apart were our grandfather's kine.
204*. Ofttimes has a person been without a7ii/ thhig, and
something [property] has oft been without a
person [to heir it],
205. Inborn gifts are more durable than instruction. (Z)
206. A man may live after being harassed ,* but never
after being disgraced.
207. It is the mouth that reftises at last.
208. To himself pertains all that the expert thief can
secret.
209. The ford is as deep as the pool.
210. The kerii*s share is difficult to lay by.
211. Long is the length [flank] of a year.
212. A year is more lasting than Christmas.
213. The twig that yields is more durable than the
tall tree that bends.
214. Old age is a heavy burden.
(i) " True honour," says Cicero, " is not derived from others,
but originates only from ourselves.''
(A) Namely, Repeaters and Hypercritics.
(J) Native genius is paramount to all the attainments of
study. But, is this point inconte&tible ?