If you cannot get the bird, get one of its feathers.
More Danish Proverbs:
One man is born to money, and another to the purse.Danish
One man is born to money, and another to the purse.
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No one can see into another further than his teeth.
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Better no law, than law not enforced.
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It needs a high wall to keep out fear.
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More people are slain by supper than by the sword.
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