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Better coarse cloth than naked thighs.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Better come late to church than never.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

From a fallen tree, all make kindling.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Vice is learnt without a schoolmaster.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about vice

He is most cheated who cheats himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

You must lose a fly, to catch a trout.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about trap, contentment

A silly song may be sung in many ways.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

A bow long bent at length waxeth weak.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Fine linen often conceals scabby skin.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

The old branch breaks when it is bent.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about old, olderness

A bad tree does not yield good apples.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about bad luck, bad, good, good luck

Better twice measured than once wrong.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about bad

National customs are national honours.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

It is useless to gape against an oven.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Where there is action, there is waste.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about waste, action

The sword keeps the peace of the land.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about peace

He who rises early will gather wisdom.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about wisdom

Deceit and treachery make no man rich.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about lie, wealth, man

It is easy to poke another man's fire.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about fire, fire brigade, man

Three women and a goose make a market.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about stores