Proverbs and old sayings, page 617

43575 proverbs and old sayings

They brag most of their ancestors who are unworthy of them.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about ancestors

He is my friend that succoureth me, not he that pitieth me.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

If it is to be luck, the bull may as well calve as the cow.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about bad luck, good luck

The mouth often utters that which the head must answer for.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about heads

It is a bad sheep that is too lazy to carry its own fleece.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about bad luck, bad

It is better to make conditions in the bush than in prison.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about prison

It is pleasant driving when there is no danger of upsetting.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about danger

The stone that everybody spits upon will be wet at the last.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

A man conducts himself abroad as he has been taught at home.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about home, man

A pair of light shoes is not all that is needed for dancing.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about light

To give counsel to a fool is like throwing water on a goose.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about moral, water

The raven always thinks that her young ones are the whitest.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

It is time enough to take off your hat when you see the man.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about time, man, contentment

When there is room in the heart, there is room in the house.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about home, house, heart

He that performs his own errand, saves his messanger's hire.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

It is no use hiding from a friend what is known to an enemy.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about use, enemies

Better is the evil known than the good which is yet to know.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about good, good luck

Marry you son when you will, and your daughter when you can.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about contentment

It is not easy to know your butter in another man's cabbage.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man

He who was born to pennies, will never be master of dollars.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish