1492 Danish Proverbs / Page 24
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God never sends mouths but he sends meat.462.
God permits the wicked; but not for ever.463.
God sends men cold according to their clothes.464.
Gold is gold, though it be in a rogue's purse.465.
Gold is proved in the fire, friendship in need.466.
Good corn is not reaped from a bad field.467.
Good counsel is no better than bad counsel, if it be not taken in time.468.
Good counsel will not rot, if it be got in dry.469.
Good never comes too often.470.
Govern a horse with a bit, and a shrew with a stick.471.
Great lords have long hands, but they do not reach to heaven.472.
Great lords will have much, and poor folk can give but little.473.
Great men's requests are commands.474.
Grey hairs are death's blossoms.475.
Had it not been for an if, the old woman would have bitten a wolf.476.
Hair by hair and the head gets bald.477.
Hair does not grow faster by being pulled.478.
Half a nose is quickly blown.479.
Hang the young thief, and the old one will not steal.480.
Happiness and glass break easily.