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If a beard were all, the goat would be the winner.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

No one is rich enough to do without his neighbour.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about wealth

Many a sheep goes out woolly and comes home shorn.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about home

Where there is no wit within no wit will come out.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

The horse that you love draws more than four oxen.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about love, contentment

Love has produced some heroes but many idiots too.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about love

A royal heart is often hid under a tattered cloak.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about heart

It is not the surplice that makes parson or clerk.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

The fat sow knows not what the hungry sow suffers.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

He who speaks ill of himself is praised by no one.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Ask advice of your equals, help of your superiors.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about help, advice

He who would not go to hell, must not go to court.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about hell

Where you cannot climb over, you must creep under.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about contentment

Wash a dog, comb a dog, still a dog remains a dog.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Meddle with dirt and some of it will stick to you.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about contentment

Don't throw rocks if you live in a house of glass.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about rocks, home, house, contentment

When the rooks are silent the swans begin to sing.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

A headstrong man and a fool may wear the same cap.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man

It is better to scrape the cheese than to peel it.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish