Danish Proverbs (1412 Proverbs)
- Luck will carry a man across the brook if he is not too lazy to leap.
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- Let a horse drink when he will, not what he will.
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- Italian devotion and German fasting have no meaning.
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- It is time enough to take off your hat when you see the man.
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- It is not easy to straighten in the oak the crook that grew in the sapling.
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- It is hard to glean after a niggardly husbandman.
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- It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.
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- It is better to buy dearly than to hunger direly.
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- It is a lazy bird that will not build its own nest.
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- If you wish a thing done, go; if not, send.
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- If the beard were all, goats could preach.
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- Hold your dog in readiness before you start the hare.
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- He who would drive another over three dikes must climb over two himself.
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- He who strikes another on the neck, does not strike far from the head.
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- He who is of no use to himself, is of no use to any one.
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- He who gives to me teaches me to give.
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- He that wants to hang a dog, is sure to find a rope.
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- What is got by begging is dearly bought.
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- To promise is easy, to keep is troublesome.
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- They who do not wash well, do not bleach well.
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- The year has a wide mouth and a big belly.
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- The still swine eat the mash. the wind ones run past it.
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- The owl does not praise the light, nor the wolf the dog.
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- The Lord will not fail to come, though he may not come on horseback.
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- The forest has ears, and field has eyes.
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- The dog that is forced into the woods will not hunt many deer.
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- The bird once out of hand is hard to recover.
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- That bench is well adorned that is filled with virtuous women.
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- Riches and favour go before wisdom and art.
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- Peace must be bought even at a high price.
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- One man often talks another off his bench, and seats himself upon it.
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- Old mistakes need more friends than new truths.
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- No matter how high a bird can fly, it still has to look for food on the ground.
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- Might and courage require wit in their suite.
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- Luck taps at the door and inquires whether prudence is within.
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- Let a dog get at a dish of honey, and he will jump in with both legs.
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- It will come back, said the man, when he gave his sow pork.
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- It is the raised stick that makes the dog obey.
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- It is not easy to sting a bear with a straw.
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- It is good to make a bridge of gold to a flying enemy.
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- It is easier to stem the brook than the river.
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- It is best to trust to two anchors. [Have two strings to your bow.]
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- It is a great art to laugh at your own misfortune.
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- If you will stir up the mire, you must bear the smell.
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- If the beard meant everything, the goat would preach.
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- Help is good everywhere, except in the porridge-bowl.
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- He who would close another man's mouth, should first tie up his own.
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- He who stands near the woodcutter is likely to be hit by a splinter.
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- He who is fed by another's hand seldom gets enough.
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- He who feels himself scabby, let him scratch.
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- He that wants to hang a dog, says that it bites the sheep.
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- Weighty work must be done with few words.
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- To know the law and do the right are two things.
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- They must stand high who would see their own destiny.
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- The wolf preys not in his own field.
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- The sky is not the less blue because the blind man does not see it.
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- The old branch breaks when it is bent.
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- The is worthy of sweets, who has tasted bitters.
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- The foot of the owner is the best manure for his land.
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- The dearer the child, the sharper must be the rod.
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- Sickness comes in haste, and goes at leisure.
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- Tell nothing to thy friend which why enemy may not know.
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- Rest is good after the work is done.
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- Peace feeds, war wastes; peace breeds, war consumes.
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- One man is not bad because another is good.
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- Old friends and old ways ought not to be disdained.
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- No man sees his shadow who faces the sun.
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- Meddle with dirt and some of it will stick to you.
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- Luck has much for many, but enough for no one.
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- Let a child have its will, and it will not cry.
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- It takes many words to fill a sack.
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- It is safe to lend barley to him who has oats.
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- It is not easy to pluck hairs from a bald pate.
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- It is good to lend to God and to the soil--they pay good interest.
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- It is easier to fill a rogue's belly than his eye.
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- It is best to be on the safe side.
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- It is a base thing to tear a dead lion's beard off.
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- If you want some lies to be believed wrap them up in truths.
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- If lies were Latin, there would be many learned men.
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- Hear one man before you answer; hear several before you decide.
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