Proverbs of All Nations, Compared, Explained, and Illustrated

by Walter K. Kelly

He had seen the old cock's neck wrung for taking part with his master, and the hen's for taking part with his dame.

FOOTNOTES:

[256] Acheter le chat pour le lièvre.

[257] Een kat in een zak koopen.

[258] Non comprar gatta in sacco.

[259] Nage toujours, et ne t'y fie pas.

[260] Chi non vede il fondo, non passa l'acqua.

[261] Stulti est dicere non putârim.

[262] Esel singen schlecht, weil sie zu hoch anstimmen.

[263] La nuit porte conseil. In nocte consilium. Guter Rath kommt über Nacht.