It is difficult to spit honey out of a mouth full of gall.
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To tell the truth is dangerous; to listen to it is boring.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about truth
An honest man is not the worse because a dog barks at him.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man
The tree is sure to be pruned before it reaches the skies.
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Vice is most dangerous when it puts on the garb of virtue.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about vice, virtue
A boor remains a boor, though he sleep on silken bolsters.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about sleep
He loses least in a quarrel who keeps his tongue in cheek.
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He that cuts above himself, will get splinters in his eye.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
The hen is ill off when the egg teaches her how to cackle.
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A fool is like all other men as long as he remains silent.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man
One should speak little with others and much with oneself.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
Another man's horse and your own whip can do a great deal.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man
God cometh with leaden feet, but striketh with iron hands.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about god
Falsehood, like a nettle, stings those who meddle with it.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about lie
It is not easy to guard the hen that lays her eggs abroad.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
He does not live in this world that can skin a grindstone.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about world
Let a saint be ever so humble, he will have his wax taper.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about saints
He who will not obey father, will have to obey stepfather.
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He that wants to hang a dog, says that it bites the sheep.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
You may call that your own which no one can take from you.
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