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A liar should have a good memory.
A light purse makes a heavy heart.
A' the corn's no shorn by kempers.
40 A's no tint that's in hazard.
A Stuarts are so sib to the king,
A's well that ends well.
A' things are good untried.
A man canna bear a' his kin on his back.
45 A man at five may be a fool at fifteen.
A may be kind and gie little o' his gear.
A man is well or wae as he thinks himsel sae.
A man has nae mair goods than he gets good of.
A misty morning may be a clear day.
50 A mouthfu' of meat may be a townfu' of shame.
A muffled cat was ne'er a good hunter.
An auld mason makes a good barrow-man.
An auld sack craves mickle crouting.
An auld pock is ay scailing.
55 An auld dog bites sicker.
An ill shearer never got a good hook:
An ill cow may have a good calf.
An ill plea should be well pled.
An ill turn is soon done.
60 An ill servant never proved a good master.
Ane never tines by doing good.
Anes paid never craved.
Anes a whore and ay a whore.
Ane may bind a sack before it be fu'.
65 Ane is no sae soon healed as hurt.
Ane gets sma' thanks for tining his ain.
Ane will gar a hundred lie.
A new besom sweeps clean.
A nod of an honest man is enough.
70 A pound of care winna pay an ounce of debt.
A ragged colt may prore a good gelding.
A rowing stane gathers nae fog.
As broken a ship has come to land,
As brisk as bottled ale.
75 As lang lives the merry man as the sad.
