It is not the surplice that makes parson or clerk.
More Danish Proverbs:
Truth and folly dwell in the wine-cask.Danish
The branch is seldom better than the stem.
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Dry wood makes a quick fire.
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Vice is learnt without a schoolmaster.
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Alms do not empty the purse, and a mass does not exhaust the day's duty.
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Evil wastes itself.
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