The cow does not know the value of her tail till she has lost it.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about value
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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
It does not become the sparrow to mix in the dance of the cranes.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about dance
Even that fish may be caught that strives the hardest against it.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about fishing
You may force a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about force, police, drinking, water, contentment
The fire doesn't care about the owner of the coat that is burning.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about fire, fire brigade
He who takes the child by the hand, takes the mother by the heart.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about children, mother, heart
Had it not been for an if, the old woman would have bitten a wolf.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about woman, old, olderness
Smoke, rain, and a scolding wife, are three bad things in a house.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about smoke, rain, wife, things, home, house, bad luck, bad
It is as much intemperance to weep too much, as to laugh too much.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
It is too late to learn to swim when the water is up to your lips.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about water
Falsehood is the Devil's daughter, and speaks her father's tongue.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about lie, devil
Many a cow stands in the meadow and looks wistfully at the common.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about common sense
As water runs towards the sword money towards the rich man's hand.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about wealth, money, water, man
He who would buy sausage of a dog must give him bacon in exchange.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about commerce
