Hold your dog in readiness before you start the hare.
More Danish Proverbs:
You may shut your doors against a thief, but not against a liar.Danish
Evil wastes itself.
Danish
He that lives on hope has but a slender diet.
Danish
Give to a pig when it grunts and a child when it cries, and you will have a fine pig and a bad child.
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He is young enough who has health, and he is rich enough who has no debts.
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It is as well to be naked as to have no covering.
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