Praise a fool, and you may make him useful.
More Danish Proverbs:
Every day has its evening.Danish
Strangers' meat is the greatest treat.
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Shame comes to no man unless he himself help it on the way.
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A sparrow suffers as much when it breaks its leg as does a Flanders horse.
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Praise is the hire of virtue.
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You may gain by fair words what may fail you by angry ones.
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