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The corn that is taken to a bad mill. will be badly ground.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about bad luck, bad

Sail while the breeze blows, wind and tide wait for no man.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man

It is too late to cover the well when the child is drowned.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about children

He that performs his own errand saves the messenger's hire.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

For a good dinner and a gentle wife you can afford to wait.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about wife, good, good luck, contentment

Luck sometimes visits a fool, but never sits down with him.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about bad luck, good luck

Shame comes to no man unless he himself help it on the way.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about shame, help, man

They brag most of their ancestors who are unworthy of them.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about ancestors

He is my friend that succoureth me, not he that pitieth me.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

If it is to be luck, the bull may as well calve as the cow.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about bad luck, good luck

The mouth often utters that which the head must answer for.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about heads

It is a bad sheep that is too lazy to carry its own fleece.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about bad luck, bad

It is better to make conditions in the bush than in prison.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about prison

It is pleasant driving when there is no danger of upsetting.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about danger

The stone that everybody spits upon will be wet at the last.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

A man conducts himself abroad as he has been taught at home.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about home, man

A pair of light shoes is not all that is needed for dancing.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about light

To give counsel to a fool is like throwing water on a goose.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about moral, water

The raven always thinks that her young ones are the whitest.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

It is time enough to take off your hat when you see the man.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about time, man, contentment