832 Hungarian Proverbs / Page 36
701. The master's eye makes the animals fat.
702. The midwife should have cut his throat rather than his navel.
703. The mills of God grind slowly, but surely.
704. The Moor has done his duty, the Moor may go.
705. The mouth of a treading horse is not muzzled.
706. The nail sticks out of the sack.
707. The neighbour's meadow is always greener.
708. The owl tells the sparrow that her head is big.
709. The person who trusts is happy; the person who doubts is wise.
710. The pitcher goes so long to the well, until it breaks.
711. The place of an unbidden guest is behind the door.
712. The pole of his cart is pointing outwards.
713. The proof of the pudding is eating it.
714. The purpose consecrates the means.
715. The right hand does not know what the left is doing.
716. The room and the stove are one item.
717. The rope breaks where it is thinnest.
718. The sack has found its patch.
719. The sky's stone does not strike the nettle.
720. The smart lad is not him who beats, but he who endures it.