The sun that melts the wox is the same that hardens the mud.
More Icelandic Proverbs:
It is better to suffer in name the truth than being rewarded for lying.Icelandic
Often a troll-woman is under fair skin, and virtue under dark hair.
Icelandic
A bad rower blames the oar.
Icelandic
Need is a bad negotiator.
Icelandic
A man without a book is blind.
Icelandic
Wrath often consumes what god gives husbands.
Icelandic