Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Faint not; the miles to heaven are but few and short. S. Rutherford.

Fair and softly goes far in a day. Pr.

Fair enough, if good enough. Pr.

Fair fa' guid drink, for it gars (makes) folk 35 speak as they think. Sc. Pr.

Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, / Great chieftain o' the puddin' race! / Abune them a' ye tak' your place, / Paunch, tripe, or thairm; / Weel are ye wordy o' a grace / As lang's my airm. Burns to a Haggis.

Fair flowers don't remain lying by the highway. Ger. Pr.

Fair folk are aye fusionless (pithless). Sc. Pr.

Fair is not fair, but that which pleaseth. Pr.

Fair maidens wear nae purses (the lads always 40 paying their share). Sc. Pr.

Fair play's a jewel. Pr.