Much broth is sometimes made with little meat.
More Danish Proverbs:
One ploughs, another sows, who will reap no one knows.Danish
He who would buy sausage of a dog must give him bacon in exchange.
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Mischief comes soon enough.
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Do not judge the dog by his hairs.
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He that holds is no better than he that scourges.
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The corn that is taken to a bad mill. will be badly ground.
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