People are apt to be very liberal of what does not belong to them. "Broad thongs are cut from other men's leather" (Latin).[428] "Of my gossip's loaf a large slice for my godson" (Spanish).[429]
Steal the goose, and give the giblets in alms.
"Steal the pig, and give away the pettitoes for God's sake" (Spanish).[430]
FOOTNOTES:
[417] Hij geeft een ei, om een kucken te krijgen.
[418] Donare si chiama pescare.
[419] À celui qui a son pâté au four, on peut donner de son gateau.
[420] A quien no mata puerco, no le dan morcilla.
[421] On ne prête qu'aux riches.
[422] Reichen giebt man, Armen nimmt man.