Danish Proverbs - page 38

No is a good answer when given in time. (Danish Proverb)
It is not all who turn their backs that flee. View proverb
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It is folly to fear what one cannot avoid. View proverb
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It is difficult to tie an unborn horse to the manger. View proverb
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If God give not bushelfuls, he gives spoonfuls. View proverb
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He who would serve everybody gets thanks from nobody. View proverb
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To cut into another's man's ear is like cutting into a felt hat. View proverb
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Rats and conquerors must expect no mercy in misfortune. View proverb
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No one so hard upon the poor as the pauper who has got into power. View proverb
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The water runs while the miller sleeps. View proverb
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It is no use hiding from a friend what is known to an enemy. (Danish Proverb)
It is a bad hand that refuses to guard the head. View proverb
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He who would seek revenge must be on his own guard. View proverb
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He who rides the horse is his master. View proverb
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He who does look before him, must take misfortune for his earnings. View proverb
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We are all well placed, said the cat, when she was seated on the bacon. View proverb
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There is no virtue in a promise unless it be kept. View proverb
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The mouth often utters that which the head must answer for. View proverb
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The fire is welcome within, when icicles hang without. View proverb
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth until she has lost it. View proverb
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Take advice of a red-bearded man, and be gone. (Danish Proverb)
Much noise and little wool, said the devil, when he was shearing the sow. View proverb
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Many grains of sand will sink a ship. View proverb
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Life at court is often a short cut to hell. View proverb
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It must be a hard winter when one wolf devours another. View proverb
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