Proverbs and old sayings Danish, page 56

1481 proverbs and old sayings danish

He who lives without restraint, will die without honour.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about honour, death

There were never fewer nobles than when all would be so.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Better suffer for the truth than prosper in a falsehood.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about lie, suffering, truth

It's no disgrace to be poor, but it can be inconvenient.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

The day is sure to come when the cow will want her tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about day

It is a bold mouse that makes her nest in the cat's ear.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

The owl does not praise the light, nor the wolf the dog.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about praise, light

It is hard to pay for bread that has already been eaten.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

However high a bird may soar, it seeks its food on earth.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about food, earth

Unworthy offspring brag the most of their worthy descent.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Onions, smoke, and a shrew, make a good man's eyes water.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about smoke, eyes, water, good, good luck, man

Advice to a fool goes in at one ear and out at the other.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about advice

The young pig must often suffer for what the old sow did.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about suffering, old, olderness

A boor remains a boor even if sleeping on silken pillows.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

When the word is in the mouth you must caress the sheath.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about word

When the fox preaches to the goose her neck is in danger.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about danger

It is no disgrace to be poor, but it can be inconvenient.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

When the gorse is out of bloom, kissing's out of fashion.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about kiss, fashion

He must have clean fingers who would blow another's nose.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

A wound never heals so well that the scar cannot be seen.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish