There are three things from which no good can be got without a beating: a walnut-tree, a donkey, and a shrew.
Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Tre Ting giöre ikke godt uden Hugg: Valnödtræet, Asenet, og en ond Qvinde.
There are three things from which no good can be got without a beating: a walnut-tree, a donkey, and a shrew.
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