You cannot make a good hunting-horn of a pig’s tail.
More Danish Proverbs:
Tell nothing to thy friend which why enemy may not know.Danish
It is easy to be generous with another man's money.
Danish
Care, and not fine stables, make a good horse.
Danish
Food tastes best when you eat it with your own spoon.
Danish
More people know Tom Fool than Tom Fool knows.
Danish
It is easy to swim, when another holds up your head.
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