1492 Danish Proverbs / Page 58
1141.
The cock often crows without a victory.1142.
The corn that is taken to a bad mill. will be badly ground.1143.
The cow does not know the value of her tail till she has lost it.1144.
The cow gives good milk, but kicks over the pail.1145.
The cow is milked, not the ox; the sheep is shorn, not the horse.1146.
The cow knows not what her tail is worth until she has lost it.1147.
The crow will find its mate.1148.
The crust is part of the loaf.1149.
The curse on the hearth wounds the deepest.1150.
The customer is always right.1151.
The day is never so holy that the pot refuses to boil.1152.
The day is sure to come when the cow will want her tail.1153.
The dearer the child, the sharper must be the rod.1154.
The dog that is forced into the woods will not hunt many deer.1155.
The dog will not get free by biting his chain.1156.
The dog's kennel is no place to keep a sausage.1157.
The dog's kennel is not the place to keep a sausage.1158.
The drunken man's joy is often the sober man's sorrow.1159.
The earth is always frozen to lazy swine.1160.
The earthen pan gains nothing by contact with the copper pot.