If there are no nightingales one must settle for owls.
More Danish Proverbs:
Don't praise the bread that is not out of the oven.Danish
That which has been eaten out of the pot cannot be put into the dish.
Danish
When the cord is tightest it is nearest snapping.
Danish
When the fox licks his paw let the farmer look after his geese.
Danish
Where money and counsel are wanting, it is best not to make war.
Danish
Shame comes to no man unless he himself help it on the way.
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