Proverbs and old sayings Swedish, page 17

368 proverbs and old sayings swedish

The poorest payer is the best collector of his own credits.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish

The child's bottom and April weather arre not to be trusted.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about weather, children

One should go out of the way for little children and drunks.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about children

Who is insulted for a long time, finally loses his patience.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about patience, time

An upstanding peasant is bigger than a nobleman on his knees.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about peasantry

Midsummer night is not long but it sets many cradles rocking.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about night

After the rain the grass will grow; after wine, conversation.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about conversation, rain, wine

It is the crime that causes the shame, and not the punishment.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about punishment, crime, criminals, shame

A peacock has too little in its head and too much in its tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about heads

For the lack one thing, take another, whether better or worse.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about things

The day we fear hastens toward us, the day we long for creeps.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about fear, day

Those who want to share the gains, shall also share the losses.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish

He who digs a pit for someone else, often falls into it himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish

I suspected this might happen, said the one that was kicked out.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish

There's no hurry, said the shoemaker, he had gruel with his awl.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish

Praise makes the good man better, blame makes the bad one worse.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about praise, bad luck, bad, good, good luck, man

Charity does not lessen you, going to church does not hinder you.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about obstacles, charity

When the blind one carries the lame one, both of them gets ahead.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about blind

That our hands show signs of our work, is nothing to be ashamed of.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about astrology, work, nothing

Who wants to have something good, will have to seek it where it is.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about good, good luck