A bird may be known by its song
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- An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold
- If wishes were horses, beggars might ride
- The cat would eat fish and would not wet her paws
- The best fish smell when they are three days old
- Agues come on horseback, but go away on foot
- He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet
- Don't sell the bear's skin before you've caught it
- To cook a hare before catching him
- Neither fish nor flesh
- All is fish that comes to his net
- All lay load on the willing horse
- Crows do not pick crow's eyes
- The mountain has brought forth a mouse
- Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil
- That's a horse of another colour