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A man does not always aim at what he means to hit.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man

Like seeks like--a scabbed horse and a sandy dike.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

You must contrive to bake with the flour you have.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about contentment

Young people must be taught, old ones be honoured.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about people, old, olderness

Young pigs grunt as old swine grunted before them.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about old, olderness

One beggar likes not that another has two wallets.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

It is easier to fill a rogue's belly than his eye.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

He who is scared by words, has no heart for deeds.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about deeds, word, heart

Benefits please like flowers, when they are fresh.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about flowers

There is no use in blowing a fire that burns well.

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

The sheep that bleat the most give the least milk.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

There is no virtue in a promise unless it be kept.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about promise, virtue

He who puts by for the night, puts by for the cat.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about night

If you cannot heal the wound, do not tear it open.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about contentment

Praise the child, and you make love to the mother.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about praise, children, mother, love, contentment

The heron blames the water because he cannot swim.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about water

A cow is not called dappled unless she has a spot.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

When one foot stumbles, the other is near falling.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

More people are slain by supper than by the sword.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about people

Better make a short circuit than to wet your hose.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish