A small fire that warms you, is better than a large one that burns you.
More Danish Proverbs:
A stepmother has a hard hand.Danish
We must suffer much, or die young.
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Better an open enemy than a false friend.
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Truth must be seasoned to make it palatable.
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When mistrust enters, love departs.
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You can have no more of the fox than his skin.
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