We get too soon old and too late smart.
More Danish Proverbs:
When the head aches, all the limbs ache.Danish
All are not good cooks who carry long knives.
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It is too late to cover the well when the child is drowned.
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They who do not wash well, do not bleach well.
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Misfortune seldom comes alone to the house.
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He loses least in a quarrel who keeps his tongue in cheek.
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