Smoke, rain, and a scolding wife, are three bad things in a house.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about smoke, rain, wife, things, home, house, bad luck, bad
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It is as much intemperance to weep too much, as to laugh too much.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
It is too late to learn to swim when the water is up to your lips.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about water
Falsehood is the Devil's daughter, and speaks her father's tongue.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about lie, devil
Many a cow stands in the meadow and looks wistfully at the common.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about common sense
As water runs towards the sword money towards the rich man's hand.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about wealth, money, water, man
He who would buy sausage of a dog must give him bacon in exchange.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about commerce
No one so hard upon the poor as the pauper who has got into power.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about power
Life is not holding a good hand; Life is playing a poor hand well.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about life, good, good luck
It is good to lend to God and to the soil--they pay good interest.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about interest, good, good luck, god
What the sober man has in his heart, the drunkard has on his lips.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about heart, man
Rain comes oft after sunshine, and after a dark cloud a clear sky.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about dark, rain, sky
Do not keep secret from your friend what your enemy already knows.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about secret, enemies
From praise, as from a shadow, a man is neither bigger nor smaller.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about shadow, praise, man
That is poor help that helps you from the feather-bed to the straw.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about help, contentment
Give your wife the short knife, and keep the long one for yourself.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about wife
He who does look before him, must take misfortune for his earnings.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
Fie upon thee, how black thou art! said the kettle to the saucepan.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about magic, art
He who has a white horse and a fair wife is seldom without trouble.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about problems, wife
You must judge a maiden at the kneading trough, and not in a dance.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about judges, dance, contentment
