It?s better to stand on your own feet than someone else?s.
More Icelandic Proverbs:
Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating.Icelandic
If you travel for a day, take bread for a week.
Icelandic
Two make an army against one.
Icelandic
Be straightforward in all your dealing and noble with strangers.
Icelandic
One enemy is too many; 100 friends are far too few.
Icelandic
Everyone gets argr as he gets older.
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