The fire burns brightest on one’s own hearth.
More Danish Proverbs:
A good handicraft has a golden foundation.Danish
He must stand high that would see the end of his own destiny.
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People must eat, even were every tree a gallows.
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Own kin are the worst friends, said the fox, when he saw the foxy dogs after him.
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He that does you a very ill turn will never forgive you.
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Meddle with dirt and some of it will stick to you.
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