1492 Danish Proverbs / Page 45
- 441. From children and drunks will you hear the truth.
 - 442. From children you must expect childish acts.
- 443. From clogs to clogs is only three generations.
- 444. From praise, as from a shadow, a man is neither bigger nor smaller.
- 445. Gifts make friendship lasting.
- 446. Gifts should be handed, not thrown.
- 447. Give a pig when it grunts, and a child when it cries, and you will have a fine pig, and a bad child.
- 448. Give a rogue an inch, and he will take an ell.
- 449. Give a thing, and take a thing, to wear the devil's gold ring.
- 450. Give to a pig when it grunts and a child when it cries, and you will have a fine pig and a bad child.
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