A beautiful face is admired even when its owner doesn't say anything.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about face
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When two enemies blow one horn, the third will have to suffer for it.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about suffering, enemies
Let a dog get at a dish of honey, and he will jump in with both legs.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
God gives all birds their food but does not drop it into their nests.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about food, god
One man often talks another off his bench, and seats himself upon it.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man
When the crane attempts to dance with the house she gets broken bones.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about dance, home, house
It's possible to light another man's candle without damaging your own.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about light, man
A man does not look behind the door unless he has stood there himself.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man
Though your enemy is the size of an ant, look upon him as an elephant.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about enemies
Fortune often knocks at the door, but the fool does not invite her in.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about wealth
Virtue in the middle, said the Devil, when seated between two lawyers.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about virtue, devil
He that has no money in his purse, should have fair words on his lips.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about word, money
All women are good Lutherans, they would rather preach than hear mass.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about good, good luck
He who strikes another on the neck, does not strike far from the head.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about heads
It is discreditable to fly from a living enemy, or to abuse a dead one.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about enemies
Laws, like the spider's webs, catch the flies and let the hawk go free.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
We are all well placed, said the cat, when she was seated on the bacon.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
A bad wife wishes her husband's heel turned homewards, and not his toe.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about husband, wife, bad luck, bad
He who eats cherries with gentlemen risks getting the pips in his nose.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
A small fire that warms you, is better than a large one that burns you.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about fire, fire brigade
