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Take your thanks to feed your cat.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Faint heart never won a fair lady.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about heart

He has the best end of the string.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about end

He's as bold as a lammermuir lion.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

He tines bottles gathering straes.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Death and marriage make term-days.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about marriage, day, death

Ane is no sae soon heai'd as hurt.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Better find iron than tine siller.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Ower mony grieves hinder the wark.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about obstacles

Better gie the slight than tak it.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Double drinks are good for drouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about good, good luck

An idle brain is the devil's shop.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about brain, devil

Every man has his ain draff porch.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about man

It's weel won that's aff the wame.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Mony hounds may soon worry a hare.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about worry

Fair words winna gar the pot boil.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about word

Fair words winna mak the pat bile.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about word

He may find fault that canna mend.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Fire an servants but ill maisters.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about fire, fire brigade

Nae butter will stick to my bread.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

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If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and youth, the former from the year, the latter from human life. Man is born passionate of body, but with an innate though secret tendency to the love of Good in his main-spring of Mind. But God help us all! It is at present a sad jar of atoms. We moved over to Silver Spring, actually near University Park. The only thing that could spoil a day was people. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.

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Blossom by blossom the spring begins. If people did not love one another, I really don't see what use there would be in having any spring. Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises. The beautiful spring came, and when nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.

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