Earnestness and sport go well together.
More Danish Proverbs:
He came time enough who was hung by candlelight.Danish
According to his pinions the bird flies.
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The bird once out of hand is hard to recover.
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He does not live in this world that can skin a grindstone.
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If you want some lies to be believed wrap them up in truths.
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It needs a light spirit to bear a heavy fate.
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