Proverbs and old sayings, page 620

43574 proverbs and old sayings

He must have plenty of butter, who would stop everybody's mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

A donkey that carries a lot of books is not necessarily learned.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about books

Do good to a knave, and pray God he may not do the same to thee.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about pray, god, good, good luck

A cross-grained woman and a snappish dog take care of the house.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about home, house, woman

He is little suited to be a baker, whose head is made of butter.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about heads

To cut into another's man's ear is like cutting into a felt hat.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man

A deaf husband and a blind wife will always make a happy couple.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about couple, husband, happiness, blind, wife

Where money and counsel are wanting, it is best not to make war.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about moral, war, money

If you play with the fool at home, he will play with you abroad.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about home

He who marries a widow with three children, marries four thieves.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about thieves, children

That which has been thrown away has often to be begged for again.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

An honest man does not make himself a dog for the sake of a bone.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man

Silence is a wonderful jewel for a woman but she seldom wears it.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about silence, woman

The cow does not know the value of her tail till she has lost it.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about value

The cow is milked, not the ox; the sheep is shorn, not the horse.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Many a one would like to lay his own shame on another man's back.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about shame, man

The horse must go to the manger, and not the manger to the horse.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Many a thing whispered into one ear is heard over the whole town.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about city, things

He who will not prosper in his sleep will not prosper when awake.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about sleep

It needs but slight provocation to make the wolf devour the lamb.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish