Better is the branch that bends, than the branch that breaks.
More Danish Proverbs:
Speak little of your ill luck, and boast not of your good luck.Danish
No man looks for another in a sack, unless he has been there him himself.
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A drunkard can be a sheep, a monkey or a lion.
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Too many captains will sink the ship.
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The hen is ill off when the egg teaches her how to cackle.
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Don't sail out farther than you can row back.
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