You cannot make a good archbishop out of a rogue.
More Danish Proverbs:
If the beard meant everything, the goat would preach.Danish
Luck will carry a man across the brook if he is not too lazy to leap.
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The mouse may find a hole, be the room ever so full of cats.
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The poor man seeks for food, the rich man for appetite.
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A small cloud may hide both sun and moon.
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If you have learnt to wait, you may be Queen of Sweden.
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