The more renowned woman often has fewer rings.
More Icelandic Proverbs:
You do not really know your friends from your enemies until the ice breaks.Icelandic
Cattle die, kinsmen die, and so shall you die too. But one thing I know that never dies: the fame of a dead man's deeds.
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Tomorrow says the lazy.
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Much always longs for more.
Icelandic
Sin is not perfect until one prides oneself on it.
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It?s better to stand on your own feet than someone else?s.
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