Though the bird may fly over your head, let it not make its nest in your hair.
More Danish Proverbs:
One would rather be bitten by wolves than by sheep.Danish
It is easy to sit at the helm in fine weather.
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A boor remains a boor, though he sleep on silken bolsters.
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The chair on which a Dane is sitting is beautifully decorated.
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It is too late to throw water on the cinders when the house is burnt down.
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He that feeds himself from waiting could die of hunger.
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