1492 Danish Proverbs / Page 48
- 471. Great lords have long hands, but they do not reach to heaven.
 - 472. Great lords will have much, and poor folk can give but little.
- 473. Great men's requests are commands.
- 474. Grey hairs are death's blossoms.
- 475. Had it not been for an if, the old woman would have bitten a wolf.
- 476. Hair by hair and the head gets bald.
- 477. Hair does not grow faster by being pulled.
- 478. Half a nose is quickly blown.
- 479. Hang the young thief, and the old one will not steal.
- 480. Happiness and glass break easily.
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