Adam got a hoe, and Eve got a spinning-wheel, and thence come all our nobles.
More Danish Proverbs:
He must be ill-favoured who scares the devil.Danish
A smooth tongue is better than smooth locks.
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It is difficult to get many heads under one hat.
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Little children, little sorrows; big children, great sorrows.
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A moneyless man goes fast through the market.
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Better suffer for truth, than prosper by falsehood.
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