id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 26150 Hislop, Alexander The Proverbs of Scotland .txt text/plain 78352 9540 97 Ae man may tak a horse to the water, but twenty winna gar him drink. gie a wise man a counsel, I wad hae him think twice or he mells with A fu' man and a hungry horse aye mak haste hame. A gude face needs nae band, and an ill ane deserves nane. A gude word is as easy said as an ill ane. An ill custom is like a gude bannock--better broken than kept. A wise man gets learning frae them that hae nane o' their ain. Bread and cheese is gude to eat when folk can get nae ither meat. Do weel, an' doubt nae man; do ill, an' doubt a' men. It's a gude tongue that says nae ill, but a better heart that thinks Naething sooner maks a man auld-like than sitting ill to his meat. O' gude advisement comes nae ill. ./cache/26150.txt ./txt/26150.txt