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There is never a fish without a bone, and no man without faults.

Proverbs and old sayings Norwegian about fishing, man

A small but excellent party, said the man, he was drinking alone.

Proverbs and old sayings Norwegian about drinking, man

You can give a piece of advice, but not good luck along with that.

Proverbs and old sayings Norwegian about good luck, bad luck, advice, good, contentment

It's too late to close the stable door after the horse has escaped.

Proverbs and old sayings Norwegian

It is better to be a free man in a small house than a slave in a big one.

Proverbs and old sayings Norwegian about home, house, man

Not all the words that were ever uttered are worth weighing on golden scales.

Proverbs and old sayings Norwegian about word

There is no wind that blows right for the sailor who doesn't know where the harbor is.

Proverbs and old sayings Norwegian about rightness

This week passed on quickly, the day after tomorrow is already Wednesday, the man said.

Proverbs and old sayings Norwegian about day, man

Sweep before your own door first before you sweep before the doorsteps of your neighbors.

Proverbs and old sayings Norwegian about contentment

If the glacier perceives a headless army is clumsy, it feels a sort of emphatic guilt, I dare say.

Proverbs and old sayings Norwegian about guilt, army

A rooster does not sing on two roofs.

Proverbs and old sayings

A youth that does not cultivate friendship with the elderly is like a tree without roots.

Proverbs and old sayings about youth, friendship

Once the manioca is in your stomach it's gone.

Proverbs and old sayings

A child brought up where there is always dancing cannot fail to dance.

Proverbs and old sayings about dance, children

When we understand deeply in out hearts, we will fear and love and know the great spirit.

Proverbs and old sayings about spirit, fear, love

A crooked stick makes us know the carpenter.

Proverbs and old sayings

When you go to fetch water and do not return, they do not inquire about the pot.

Proverbs and old sayings about water, contentment

I am being carried on great wings across the sky.

Proverbs and old sayings about being, sky

Be as hard as the world requires you to be, and as soft as the world allows you to be.

Proverbs and old sayings about world, contentment

A person who doesn't know but knows that he doesn't know is a student; teach him. A person who knows but who doesn't know what he knows is asleep; awaken him. But a person who knows and knows that he knows is wise; follow him.

Proverbs and old sayings about students, people, old, olderness