The scraping hen will get something; the crouching hen nothing.
More Danish Proverbs:
Keep your nose out of another's mess.Danish
A bad wife wishes her husband's heel turned homewards, and not his toe.
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There is no cure against a slanderer's bite.
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Correction is good when administered in time.
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Better to be a free bird than a captive king.
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Act honestly, and answer boldly.
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