Danish Proverbs - page 39

It is easy to work with a good comb, said the devil, when he combed his mother's hair with a pitchfork. (Danish Proverb)
Relatives are the worst friends, said the fox as the dogs took after him. View proverb
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One man is born to money, and another to the purse. View proverb
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Of bad debtors you make take spoilt herrings. View proverb
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Many men are like clocks that show one hour and strike another. View proverb
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Love has produced some heroes but many idiots too. View proverb
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Lend to your friend, and ask payment of your enemy. View proverb
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It takes a good many mice to kill a cat. View proverb
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It is not easy to know your butter in another man's cabbage. View proverb
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It is discreditable to fly from a living enemy, or to abuse a dead one. View proverb
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It is best to be off with the old love before you are on with the new. (Danish Proverb)
It is a bad well that need water to be carried to it. View proverb
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If lies are to find credence, they must be patched with truth. View proverb
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He will never get into the wood who starts at every bush. View proverb
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The next mile is the only one a person really has to make. View proverb
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The horse must go to the manger, and not the manger to the horse. View proverb
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The flitch hangs never so high but a dog will look out for the bone. View proverb
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The best advice is found on the pillow. View proverb
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Take not your sickle to another man's corn. View proverb
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No man is so tall that he need never stretch and none so small that he need never stoop. View proverb
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Little sticks kindle a fire, great ones put it out. (Danish Proverb)
It is not easy to guard the hen that lays her eggs abroad. View proverb
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It is folly to take a thorn out of another's foot and put it into your own. View proverb
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It is a bad sheep that is too lazy to carry its own fleece. View proverb
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If it is to be luck, the bull may as well calve as the cow. View proverb
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