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295. Hillocks, and waters, and Clan Alpine.
296. Good thoughts come not from an unclean heart.
297. As oft as there are teeth in your head.
298. A bad yearling hath a large head and small
shanks.
299. There never was a high wind without some
rain, (s)
300. Where the carcase is, there the ravens will collect
together.
Nothing can get into a close fist.
There is no hero exempt from a wound.
The main will not await the vain. -
Speedy aversion succeeds hasty love.
No man ever broke his bow, but another found
use for the string.
306. It is but the withe on which the fish were hung.
307. There never was a forest without dry brushwood.
308. A young [yearling] kid will not beget a kid; nor
will a boy beget children.
309. The guilty ought not to be litigious.
310. The timid are never victorious.
311. It is comfort to a wicked man [to meet with] a
man wicked as himself.
312. A lie will last but a ^brief] space of time.
313. Put a good construction [omen] on thy lot, and
thou shalt be happy.
314. It happens oft to the tii^O'deer-sfag-hound, that a
deer is a-missing.
315. It is not that the mill will not grind, but — that
the water will not run.
316. It is no marvel the kite's flying away with one
chick as a cropful.
317. The like has not been seen since a yard [of cloth]
made my coat.
(s) Does this allode to Xantippe's treatment of Socrates ?
295. Hillocks, and waters, and Clan Alpine.
296. Good thoughts come not from an unclean heart.
297. As oft as there are teeth in your head.
298. A bad yearling hath a large head and small
shanks.
299. There never was a high wind without some
rain, (s)
300. Where the carcase is, there the ravens will collect
together.
Nothing can get into a close fist.
There is no hero exempt from a wound.
The main will not await the vain. -
Speedy aversion succeeds hasty love.
No man ever broke his bow, but another found
use for the string.
306. It is but the withe on which the fish were hung.
307. There never was a forest without dry brushwood.
308. A young [yearling] kid will not beget a kid; nor
will a boy beget children.
309. The guilty ought not to be litigious.
310. The timid are never victorious.
311. It is comfort to a wicked man [to meet with] a
man wicked as himself.
312. A lie will last but a ^brief] space of time.
313. Put a good construction [omen] on thy lot, and
thou shalt be happy.
314. It happens oft to the tii^O'deer-sfag-hound, that a
deer is a-missing.
315. It is not that the mill will not grind, but — that
the water will not run.
316. It is no marvel the kite's flying away with one
chick as a cropful.
317. The like has not been seen since a yard [of cloth]
made my coat.
(s) Does this allode to Xantippe's treatment of Socrates ?
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Mackintosh's collection of Gaelic proverbs, and familar phrases > (93) |
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| Description | Englished a-new : to which is added, 'The way to wealth,' by Benjamin Franklin. |
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| Shelfmark | Cam.1.f.21 |
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| Description | Volumes from a collection of 610 books rich in Highland folklore, Ossianic literature and other Celtic subjects. Many of the books annotated by John Francis Campbell of Islay, who assembled the collection. |
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| Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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