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More Icelandic Proverbs
The man is as good as the day is long.
It is better one time to see things than one hundred times to hear about them.
It is easier to look after hundred sheep than one girl.
You can’t complain about the sea if you suffer shipwreck for the second time.
Gold glitters in what is thrown away.
Let him who has enough be satisfied.
Fertile is water that runs under lava.
He who knows only few things, has little to forget.
Hate not the man, but the weakness.
Pissing in your shoes won’t keep your feet warm for long.
The twigs are rarely better than the trunk.
Men do not limp while their legs are the same length.
Better be alone than in bad company.
The gift expects another gift in return.
The revenge that is postponed is not forgotten.
An offer of friendship to a friend’s foe is unbecoming an honorable man.
If you get lost in an Icelandic forest, simply stand up and you will find your way.
Our good life sure is there for us, unless we learned some bad conduct in our home as children.
She who dances with the chimney sweeper will eventually end up black.
It is better to suffer in the name of truth than being rewarded for lying.
It is better to be a master in a cottage than servant in a castle.
Children generally follow the example of their parents, but imitate their faults more surely than their virtues.
You do not really know your friends from your enemies until the ice breaks.
The sun that melts the wox is the same that hardens the mud.
People come where people are.
Strike while the iron is hot.
The sun that melts the wox is the same that hardens the mud.
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