1492 Danish Proverbs / Page 124
- 1231. The priest to his book, the peasant to his plough.
 - 1232. The raven always thinks that her young ones are the whitest.
- 1233. The raven chides blackness.
- 1234. The raven is fair when the rook is not by.
- 1235. The rich widow's tears soon dry.
- 1236. The road to a friend's house is never long.
- 1237. The road to heaven is equally short, where'er we die.
- 1238. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
- 1239. The scoffer's own house is often on fire.
- 1240. The scraping hen will get something; the crouching hen nothing.
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