Though your enemy is the size of an ant, regard him as an elephant.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about enemies
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He who waits for a dead man's shoes is in danger of going barefoot.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about danger, man
It is vain to fish without a hook, or learn to read without a book.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about fishing
It is best to trust to two anchors. [Have two strings to your bow. ]
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
The sky is not the less blue because the blind man does not see it.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about sky, blind, man
It is not for the good of the cow when she is driven in a carriage.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about good, good luck
God gives every bird its food, but does not throw it into the nest.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about food, god
No one knows what the dinner was after the plates have been washed.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
Age may wrinkle the face, but lack of enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about enthusiasm, soul, age, olderness, face
It has been blowing hard--the dirt has been blown into high places.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
Every fool can find faults that a great many wise men can't remedy.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man
When the cat and the mouse agree the farmer doesn't stand a chance.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about chance
The Lord will not fail to come, though he may not come on horseback.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
A good pilot is not known when the sea is calm and the weather fair.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about weather, good, good luck
Though you teach a wolf the paternoster, he will say Lamb! Lamb!
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about contentment
The flitch hangs never so high but a dog will look out for the bone.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
I am a judge of cresses, said the peasant, as he was eating hemlock.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about peasantry, judges
It is not for nothing that the devil lays himself down in the ditch.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about devil, nothing
He who will not take cheap advice, will have to buy dear repentance.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about commerce, advice
Presents make women affable, priests indulgent, and the law crooked.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about law
