A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs / Comprising French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese and Danish, with English Translations and a General Index

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Gunst og Gave kommer Retten til at rave. Favour and gifts disturb justice.

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Haabe og vente er Giekkerente. Hope and expectation are a fool’s income.

Haabet er de Vaagendes Dröm. Hope is the dream of the waking.

Haabet er et Æg hvoraf Een faaer Blommen, en Anden Hviden, en Tredie Skallen. Hope is an egg of which one man gets the yolk, another the white, and a third the shell.

Haand skal anden toe, eller baade urene være. One hand must wash the other, or both will be dirty.

Haardt Bidsel giör ikke Hesten bedre. A hard bit does not make the horse better.

Haardt er ufödt Hest at binde ved Krybbe. It is difficult to tie an unborn horse to the manger.

Halvt at rose er halvt at skielde. Faint praise is akin to abuse.

Han ager et godt Læs i Gaard, som en god Hustru faaer. He drives a good waggonful into his farm who gets a good wife.