A friend’s slap has honest intentions, your enemies’ kisses are meant to deceive.

More Swedish Proverbs

• Where there is modesty there is virtue.
• He who always knows best never learns.
• We all start out as children.
• Don’t set about mountains when there are pebbles.
• You are always closest to yourself.
• A friend’s slap has honest intentions, your enemies’ kisses are meant to deceive.
• No smoke without fire..
• He who enters the game must endure it.
• Better to flee than to fence poorly.
• All methods are good except for the bad ones.
• While there is life there is hope.
• He who has long fingers should also have long legs.
• The end justifies the means.
• You must learn to crawl before you can walk.
• When it rains manna from heaven, the poor one does not have a spoon.
• One should not change horses in the middle of the stream.
• Morning hour has gold in its mouth.
• Such father, such son.
• Each person is the forger of his own happiness.
• What is unclearly said is unclearly thought.
• It is better to free someone guilty than to convict someone innocent.
• A place for each thing and each thing in its place
• The drunken man’s words is the sober man’s thoughts.
• Who sits on your shoulders will try to climb on your head.
• All is fair in love and war.
• To dare is to lose your foothold for a moment, to not dare is to lose yourself.
• When distress is the greatest, help is the nearest.