The priest to his book, the peasant to his plough.
More Danish Proverbs:
To promise is easy, to keep is troublesome.Danish
Where law lacks, honour should eke it out.
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You cannot take a cow from a man who has none.
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Cunning has little honour.
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Better no law, than law not enforced.
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Children are certain sorrow, but uncertain joy.
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