You may light another’s candle at your own without loss.
More Danish Proverbs:
It is not for nothing that the devil lays himself down in the ditch.Danish
Vice is most dangerous when it puts on the garb of virtue.
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Not every wood will make wooden shoes.
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When a man is in a sack, he must get out at the mouth or at the bottom.
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When the tree falls every one runs to gather sticks.
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The man who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
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