Still waters are deep.
Still waters are deep.
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Still waters are deep.
Every one for himself, and God for us all.
On Candlemas day Throw candle and candlestick away.
You stout and I stout, who shall carry the dirt out?
Good-will should be taken in part payment.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
There's no making a silk purse of a sow's ear
A cold April the barn will fill.
Old birds are not to be caught with chaff.
He is a poor cook that cannot lick his own fingers.
He that follows truth too near the heels will have dirt kicked in his face.
Constant dropping wears the stone.
If the cap fits you, wear it.
It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
Set a stout heart to a stae brae [a steep hill side].
Need makes the naked quean spin.
Silence gives consent.
"Care not" would have it.
He is no fox that hath but one hole.
Sticking disna gang by strength, but by the guiding o' the gully.
Ye're busy to clear yourself when naebody files you.
None so deaf as he that will not hear.
Let every herring hang by its own gills.
Drawn wells have sweetest water