1492 Danish Proverbs / Page 46
901.
Luck taps at the door and inquires whether prudence is within.902.
Luck will carry a man across the brook if he is not too lazy to leap.903.
Lucky at cards, unlucky in love.904.
Mad dogs get their coats torn.905.
Make use of the sun while it shines.906.
Man proposes, God disposes.907.
Man punishes the action, but God the intention.908.
Many a cow stands in the meadow and looks wistfully at the common.909.
Many a fool might pass for a wise man if he would only keep his mouth shut.910.
Many a man is a good friend but a bad neighbour.911.
Many a man labours for the day he will never live to see.912.
Many a mickle makes a muckle.913.
Many a one would like to lay his own shame on another man's back.914.
Many a sheep goes out woolly and comes home shorn.915.
Many a thing whispered into one ear is heard over the whole town.916.
Many dogs are the death of the hare.917.
Many grains of sand will sink a ship.918.
Many have too much, but none have enough.919.
Many kiss the child for the nurse's sake.920.
Many little rivulets make a great river.