It’s better to be prepared than swift afterwards.
More Faroese Proverbs:
The child does not cry as long as it has its way.Faroese
Nothing ventured, nothing won.
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Better be a good man's slave than badly married.
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Small fish are better than empty dishes.
Faroese
If a Dane first has come into the room, more Danes will probably follow.
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None reaches further than his arms reach.
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