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He will never get into the wood who starts at every bush.
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Hear one man before you answer; hear several before you decide.
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Help is good everywhere, except in the porridge-bowl.
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Help the lame dog over the stile.
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Hold your dog in readiness before you start the hare.
Source: (Danish)
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Honeyed speech often conceals poison and gall.
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Honor buys no meat in the market.
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Honour the old, teach the young.
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Honour the tree that gives you shelter.
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Hope and expectation are a fool's income.
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Hope and strive is the way to thrive.
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Hope deferred makes the heart sick.
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Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.
Source: (Danish)
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Hope is an egg of which one man gets the yolk, another the white,
and a third the shell.
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Hope is the dream of the waking.
Source: (Danish)
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Hope springs eternal.
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However high a bird may soar, it seeks its food on earth.
Source: (Danish)
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Human blood is all of one colour.
Source: (Danish)
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"I am a judge of cresses," said the peasant, as he was eating
hemlock.
Source: (Danish)
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I would rather see smoke from my own chimney than the fire on
another's hearth.
Source: (Danish)
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"I'll go myself," and "I'll see to it," are two good servants on a
farm.
Source: (Danish)
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Idleness is the devil's bolster.
Source: (Danish)
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If a beard were all, the goat would be the winner.
Source: (Danish)
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If a man has folly in his sleeve, it will be sure to peep out.
Source: (Danish)
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If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill.
Source: (Danish)
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If God bids thee draw, he will find thee a rope; if he bids thee
ride, he will find thee a horse.
Source: (Danish)
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If God give not bushelfuls, he gives spoonfuls.
Source: (Danish)
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If it is to be luck, the bull may as well calve as the cow.
Source: (Danish)
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If lies are to find credence, they must be patched with truth.
Source: (Danish)
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If lies were Latin, there would be many learned men.
Source: (Danish)
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If the beard were all, the goat might preach.
Source: (Danish)
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If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, it would
make him pull his hat over his eyes.
Source: (Danish)
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If the hen did not cackle no one would know what she had been
about.
Source: (Danish)
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If thoughts were legal witnesses, many an honest man would be
proved a rogue.
Source: (Danish)
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If you cannot get the bird, get one of its feathers.
Source: (Danish)
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If you cannot heal the wound, do not tear it open.
Source: (Danish)
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If you have learnt to wait, you may be Queen of Sweden.
Source: (Danish)
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If you play with the fool at home, he will play with you abroad.
Source: (Danish)
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If you will stir up the mire, you must bear the smell.
Source: (Danish)
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If you wish a thing done, go; if not, send.
Source: (Danish)
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If you would catch a fox you must hunt with geese.
Source: (Danish)
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Ill weeds grow the fastest and last the longest.
Source: (Danish)
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In still water are the largest fish.
Source: (Danish)
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In still water the worms are worst.
Source: (Danish)
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In still waters are the largest fish.
Source: (Danish)
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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in
passing it over, he is superior.
Source: (Danish)
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In the ant's house, the dew is a flood.
Source: (Danish)
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In war it is best to tie your horse to a strange manger.
Source: (Danish)
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It does not become the sparrow to mix in the dance of the cranes.
Source: (Danish)
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It does not depend upon the dog when the horse shall die.
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