Better the child cry than the old man.
More Danish Proverbs:
It is useless to gape against an oven.Danish
The mouse is knowing, but the cat more knowing.
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You may force an ox to the water, but you cannot make him drink.
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Let the blood be ever so thin, it is always thicker than water.
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You cannot sail as you would, but as the wind blows.
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It is not easy to pluck hairs from a bald pate.
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