He who takes no chances wins nothing.
More Danish Proverbs:
It is hard to glean after a niggardly husbandman.Danish
Every man must carry his own sack to the mill.
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Though your enemy is the size of an ant, look upon him as an elephant.
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A bad tree does not yield good apples.
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Though you teach a wolf the paternoster, he will say Though you teach a wolf the paternoster, he will say "Lamb! Lamb!"
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A slip of the foot may soon be recovered; but that of the tongue perhaps never.
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