Proverbs and old sayings, page 623

43575 proverbs and old sayings

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

No one so hard upon the poor as the pauper who has got into power.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about power

Life is not holding a good hand; Life is playing a poor hand well.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about life, good, good luck

It is good to lend to God and to the soil--they pay good interest.

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

What the sober man has in his heart, the drunkard has on his lips.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about heart, man

Rain comes oft after sunshine, and after a dark cloud a clear sky.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about dark, rain, sky

Do not keep secret from your friend what your enemy already knows.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about secret, enemies

From praise, as from a shadow, a man is neither bigger nor smaller.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about shadow, praise, man

That is poor help that helps you from the feather-bed to the straw.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about help, contentment