On thin ice everybody have the same strength.
More Icelandic Proverbs:
If only the wind would turn before I go home, said the woman rowing against the wind.Icelandic
If you travel for a day, take bread for a week.
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It is better one time to see things than one hundred times to hear about them.
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Be straightforward in all your dealing and noble with strangers.
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You can't complain about the sea if you suffer shipwreck for the second time.
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Everyone gets argr as he gets older.
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