A story is only half told if there is only one side presented.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic
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A man's will can be his paradise, but it can also be his hell.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about paradise, hell, man
There are seven different kind of weather in one autumn night.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about autumn, weather, night
A fall bodes a lucky journey from the house but not toward it.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about fall, home, house
You will reach your destination even though you travel slowly.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about contentment
Be straightforward in all your dealing and noble with strangers.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic
It is better to be a master in a cottage than servant in a castle.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic
Often a troll-woman is under fair skin, and virtue under dark hair.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about dark, virtue, woman
My enemy isn't the one who harms me, but the one who makes me evil.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about enemies
It would be good to have two mouths and speak to yourself with both.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about good, good luck
She who dances with the chimney sweeper will eventually end up black.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about magic, end
It is better to suffer in name the truth than being rewarded for lying.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about lie, suffering, name, being, truth
Words of insults are futile, the more they fit, the more they are lost.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about insults, word
An offer of friendship to a friend's foe is unbecoming an honorable man.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about friendship, man
You do not really know your friends from your enemies until the ice breaks.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about enemies, contentment
If the icy snow carries you at midsummer, then we can expect a late spring.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about spring, contentment
You can't complain about the sea if you suffer shipwreck for the second time.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about suffering, time, contentment
It is better one time to see things than one hundred times to hear about them.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about things, time
If you get lost in an Icelandic forest, simply stand up and you will find your way.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about contentment
If only the wind would turn before I go home, said the woman rowing against the wind.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about home, woman
