1492 Danish Proverbs / Page 36
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If you hunt with cats you'll catch mice.702.
If you play with the fool at home, he will play with you abroad.703.
If you want some lies to be believed wrap them up in truths.704.
If you will stir up the mire, you must bear the smell.705.
If you wish a thing done, go; if not, send.706.
If you would catch a fox you must hunt with geese.707.
If your head is made of butter, don't be a baker.708.
Ill weeds grow the fastest and last the longest.709.
In still water are the largest fish.710.
In still water the worms are worst.711.
In still waters are the largest fish.712.
In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.713.
In the ant's house, the dew is a flood.714.
In war it is best to tie your horse to a strange manger.715.
It does not become the sparrow to mix in the dance of the cranes.716.
It does not depend upon the dog when the horse shall die.717.
It has been blowing hard--the dirt has been blown into high places.718.
It is a bad hand that refuses to guard the head.719.
It is a bad hen that lays her eggs away from the farm.720.
It is a bad idea to take a thorn out of someone else's foot and put it into your own.