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

1. 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")