Better walk on wooden legs, than be carried on a wooden bier.
More Danish Proverbs:
Every fox looks after his own skin.Danish
If you have learnt to wait, you may be Queen of Sweden.
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Let him who would reach another a brand, beware that he do not burn his own hand.
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Beauty draws with a single hair.
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One eye is a better witness than two ears.
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A naughty child must be roughly rocked.
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