Everyone wants to live long, but no one wants to be called old.
More Icelandic Proverbs:
The revenge that is postponed is not forgotten.Icelandic
Bad birds seldom bring good weather.
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On the ladder to success there is always somebody on the rung above you and who uses your head to steady himself.
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A man yearns for his paradise but it could become his hell.
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All old sayings have something in them.
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Need is a bad negotiator.
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