The watch-dog does not get sweet milk unless there be drowned mice in it.
More Danish Proverbs:
Better walk on wooden legs, than be carried on a wooden bier.Danish
Let a saint be ever so humble, he will have his wax taper.
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At court they sell a good deal of smoke without fire.
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One hair of a maiden's head pulls harder than ten yoke of oxen.
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He who would enjoy the fire must bear its smoke.
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The millstone that lies undermost also helps to grind.
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