| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Hawk |
| | | A goshawk beats not a bunting. German. | 1 |
| He knows not a hawk from a handsaw (ancient name for heron). | 2 |
| He who has no falcon must hunt with owls. Danish. | 3 |
| High flying hawks are fit for princes. | 4 |
| It is hard to lure hawks with empty hands. Danish. | 5 |
| It is not every man that can carry a falcon on his hand. Danish. | 6 |
| Pheasants are fools if they invite the hawk to dinner. | 7 |
| The falcon flies high but not above the sun. German. | 8 |
| The first point of hawking is, hold fast. | 9 |
| The hooded falcon cannot strike the quarry. | 10 |
| Though the heron flies high the falcon kills it. Portuguese. | 11 |
| We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle. Ovid. | 12 |
| When one stuffs the head of the falcon too much it will not hunt. German. | 13 | | |
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