is fheàrr teine beag a gharas na teine mòr a loisgeas
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- is fheàrr an teine beag a gharas na an teine mòr a loisgeas
Proverb
is fheàrr teine beag a gharas na teine mòr a loisgeas
- You can have too much of a good thing; less is more etc. (literally "better is the small fire that warms than the great fire that burns")