1492 Danish Proverbs / Page 34
661. 
Hold your dog in readiness before you start the hare.
662. 
Honeyed speech often conceals poison and gall.
663. 
Honor buys no meat in the market.
664. 
Honour the old, teach the young.
665. 
Honour the tree that gives you shelter.
666. 
Hope and expectation are a fool's income.
667. 
Hope and strive is the way to thrive.
668. 
Hope deferred makes the heart sick.
669. 
Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.
670. 
Hope is an egg, of which one man gets the yolk, another the white, and a third the shell.
671. 
Hope is the dream of the waking.
672. 
Hope springs eternal.
673. 
However high a bird may soar, it seeks its food on earth.
674. 
Human blood is all of one colour.
675. 
Hunger is the best sauce.
676. 
I would rather see smoke from my own chimney than the fire on another's hearth.
677. 
Idleness is the devil's bolster.
678. 
If a beard were all, the goat would be the winner.
679. 
If a bird knew how poor he was it wouldn't sing so beautifully.
680. 
If a man has folly in his sleeve, it will be sure to peep out.
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