Proverbs and old sayings Danish, page 66

1481 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

You may force a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about force, police, drinking, water

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