He who would leap high must take a long run.

More Danish Proverbs

• If I die, I forgive you If I live, we shall see.
• He that does not save pennies, will never have pounds.
• What is play to the cat is death to the mouse.
• No one gets into trouble without his own help.
• Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get.
• Take losses and wins with the same attitude as they are part of life.
• Many small streams make a large river.
• Don’t offer me advice give me money.
• The road to a friend’s house is never long.
• Three Spaniards, four opinions.
• Children understand more than you think, so adults shouldn’t talk too loud about their secrets when kids are around.
• No revenge is more honourable than the one not taken.
• Keep not two tongues in one mouth.
• If your house is on fire, warm yourself by it.
• One drink is just right two is too many three are too few.
• A gross belly does not produce a refined mind.
• He who doesn’t open his eyes when he buys must still open his purse to pay.
• Where there is love, there is pain.
• When it rains on the priest, it dribbles on the bellringer. another: You can tell a louse by its walk.
• If you would live healthy, be old early.
• Ask advice only of your equals.
• The first drink with water, the second without water, the third like water.
• A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.
• What is sweet in the mouth is not always good in the stomach.
• No man is so tall that he need never stretch, and none so small that he need never stoop.
• If you would be pope, you must think of nothing else.
• Who takes the child by the hand takes the mother by the heart.