Unworthy offspring brag the most of their worthy descent.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
Search in folklore: prove, page 610
43576 results
Onions, smoke, and a shrew, make a good man's eyes water.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about smoke, eyes, water, good, good luck, man
Advice to a fool goes in at one ear and out at the other.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about advice
The young pig must often suffer for what the old sow did.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about suffering, old, olderness
A boor remains a boor even if sleeping on silken pillows.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
When the word is in the mouth you must caress the sheath.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about word, contentment
When the fox preaches to the goose her neck is in danger.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about danger
It is no disgrace to be poor, but it can be inconvenient.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
When the gorse is out of bloom, kissing's out of fashion.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about kiss, fashion
He must have clean fingers who would blow another's nose.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
A wound never heals so well that the scar cannot be seen.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
It is easy to find the rod when another finds the bottom.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
Happy he who can take warning from the mishaps of others.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about happiness
Many a man labours for the day he will never live to see.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about day, man
No one is so rich that he can do without a good neighbor.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about wealth, good, good luck
He who has plenty of butter, may put some in his cabbage.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
A man often kisses the hand he would like to see cut off.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about kiss, man
Don't stop sowing just because the birds ate a few seeds.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
It does not depend upon the dog when the horse shall die.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about death
A person's character reaches town before the person does.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about city, character, people
