Better a daughter that has been slept on than a son who has been hanged.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
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When neighbours quarrel, lookers-on are more apt to add fuel than water.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about water
A little dog, a cow without horns, and a short man, are generally proud.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about proudness, man
He who builds according to every man's advise will have a crooked house.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about home, house, man
He who would drive another over three dikes must climb over two himself.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
He who sows peas on the highway does not get all the pods into his barn.
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When fortune's chariot rolls easily, envy and shame cling to the wheels.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about envy, shame, wealth
He who spends more than he should Shall not have to spend when he would.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about fear, need, contentment
He that you seat upon your shoulder will often try to get upon your head.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about heads, contentment
More flies are caught with a drop of honey than with a barrel of vinegar.
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Relatives are the worst friends, said the fox as the dogs took after him.
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Better walk unshackled in a green meadow, than be bound to a thorn-brush.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
He needs a long spoon that would eat out of the same dish with the devil.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about devil
The watch-dog does not get sweet milk unless there be drowned mice in it.
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A customary railer is the devil's bagpipe, which the world danceth after.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about world, devil
No man looks for another in a sack, unless he has been there him himself.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man
Act so in the valley, that you need not fear those who stand on the hill.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about fear, need, contentment
Much noise and little wool, said the devil, when he was shearing the sow.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about devil
He is young enough who has health, and he is rich enough who has no debts.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about wealth
