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The good that you scoff at and ignore, you'll recognize when you lose it.782.
The grill said to the frying pan: I want big fishes not minnows.783.
The hat does not make the gentleman nor the cap a lout.784.
The haughty broad bean flowers and climbs but produces little fruit.785.
The healthy can't pretend to be sick nor can the sick pretend to be healthy.786.
The hoer hoes in his own vineyard.787.
The honorable man lives in difficulty.788.
The horns are dry but they keep the house in plenty.789.
The horns of the sister are horns of gold; the horns of the wife are true horns.790.
The horse chained to the feeding trough and the mare in the thicket.791.
The husband who lacks affection is like a house that lacks a roof.792.
The husbands belong to the wives and hookers are for the wild beast.793.
The ideal is a four year old dog, an eight year old horse, an eighteen year old woman and a twenty eight year old man.794.
The jackass that is late returns loaded.795.
The January moon brightens like a clear day.796.
The June bee portends lots of honey.797.
The justice of God is better than the justice of the world.798.
The lame jackass enjoys the journey.799.
The latecomer is valued as nothing.800.
The laying hen says: give me feed to fill my beak and I'll give you eggs.