1492 Danish Proverbs / Page 62
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The owl thinks her children the fairest.1222.
The person who loves sorrow will always find something to moan about.1223.
The pike grows big on small fry.1224.
The poor man seeks for food, the rich man for appetite.1225.
The poor man seeks only a crumb, then finds he still hungers.1226.
The poor man wants much, the miser everything.1227.
The poor man's corm always grows thin.1228.
The pot boils best on your own hearth.1229.
The pot calls the kettle black.1230.
The pride of the poor does not endure.1231.
The priest to his book, the peasant to his plough.1232.
The raven always thinks that her young ones are the whitest.1233.
The raven chides blackness.1234.
The raven is fair when the rook is not by.1235.
The rich widow's tears soon dry.1236.
The road to a friend's house is never long.1237.
The road to heaven is equally short, where'er we die.1238.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.1239.
The scoffer's own house is often on fire.1240.
The scraping hen will get something; the crouching hen nothing.