1492 Danish Proverbs / Page 73
1441.
With law must the land be built.1442.
Without eating and drinking the hero is no good.1443.
Woe be to an evil eye.1444.
Woe be to him whose advocate becomes his accuser.1445.
Wolves are often hidden under sheep's clothing.1446.
Words once spoken cannot be wiped out with a sponge.1447.
You can have no more of the fox than his skin.1448.
You can have too much of a good thing.1449.
You can judge a man by the company he keeps.1450.
You can't take a cow from a man who has no cows.1451.
You cannot drink and whistle at the same time.1452.
You cannot have peace longer than your neighbour chooses.1453.
You cannot have your cake and eat it.1454.
You cannot make a good archbishop out of a rogue.1455.
You cannot make a good hunting-horn of a pig's tail.1456.
You cannot pull hard with a broken rope.1457.
You cannot sail as you would, but as the wind blows.1458.
You cannot serve God and mammon.1459.
You cannot shear the sheep closer than the skin.1460.
You cannot shift an old tree without it dying.