He who would hang himself is sure to find a rope.
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He who would leap far must first take a long run.
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He that holds is no better than he that scourges.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
A lord without land, is like a cask without wine.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about wine
From children and drunks will you hear the truth.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about children, truth, contentment
All wish to live long, but none to be called old.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about wish, old, olderness
It is hard to glean after a niggardly husbandman.
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You cannot make a good archbishop out of a rogue.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about good, good luck, contentment
A friend's faults may be notices, but not blamed.
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A head is not to be cut off because it is scabby.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about heads
A lass that has many wooers often fares the worst.
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It is a great art to laugh at your own misfortune.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about art, magic
A truth-teller finds the doors closed against him.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about truth
The dearer the child, the sharper must be the rod.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about children
The priest to his book, the peasant to his plough.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about peasantry
He knows best where the shoe pinches who wears it.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about heart
A good neighbour is better than a brother far off.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about good, good luck
Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about silence, contentment
If you would catch a fox you must hunt with geese.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about trap, contentment
