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When the waggon is tilting everybody gives it a shove.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

If there are no nightingales one must settle for owls.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

You must howl with the wolves when you are among them.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about contentment

He who has been bitten by a snake is afraid of an eel.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Fools are like other folks as long as they are silent.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Pheasants are fools if they invite the hawk to dinner.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

He that does not save pennies, will never have pounds.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

The herb patience does not grow in every man's garden.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about patience, garden, man

There are many days in the year, and still more meals.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about day

A thief does not willingly see another carry a basket.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about thieves

The most difficult mountain to cross is the threshold.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

The foot of the owner is the best manure for his land.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Beauty without honesty is like a rose without perfume.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about perfume, honesty, beauty

Love is blind and thinks that others don't see either.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about blind, love

Every one tries to cross the fence where it is lowest.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Call not the devil, he will come fast enough unbidden.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about fasting, devil

It is good to make a bridge of gold to a flying enemy.

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

It is a bad hen that lays her eggs away from the farm.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about bad luck, bad

The millstone that lies undermost also helps to grind.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

The day is never so holy that the pot refuses to boil.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about day