There are three things from which no good can be got without a beating: a walnut-tree, a donkey, and a shrew.
More Danish Proverbs:
From clogs to clogs is only three generations.Danish
The more shepherds, the less care.
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Speech is silver, but silence is golden.
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He who can sit upon a stone and feed himself should not move.
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Better an open enemy than a false friend.
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Much broth is sometimes made with little meat.
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