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It is no child's play when an old woman dances.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about children, woman, old, olderness

An ill-tempered woman is the devil's door-nail.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about devil, woman

It is an ill turn that does no good to any one.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about good, good luck

The hen lives by pickings, as the lion by prey.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

If God give not bushelfuls, he gives spoonfuls.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about god

Crooked iron may be straightened with a hammer.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

The man who is born in a stable is not a horse.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man

Speedy execution is the mother of good fortune.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about wealth, mother, good, good luck

It is not easy to pluck hairs from a bald pate.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about youth, happiness

He who wants to jump high must take a long run.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

A rich child often sits in a poor mother's lap.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about children, wealth, mother

Old mistakes need more friends than new truths.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about need, old, olderness

It is well to have clean bread in one's wallet.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Mine and thine are the sources of all quarrels.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Let a child have its will, and it will not cry.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about children

An old error has more friends than a new truth.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about error, truth, old, olderness

He is nearest a thing, who has it in his hands.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about things

Children are certain sorrow, but uncertain joy.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about joy, sadness, children

Good counsel will not rot, if it be got in dry.

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