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It is easy to cut broad strips off other people’s leather.
More Swedish Proverbs
Stinginess deceives wisdom.
Don’t sell the fur until the bear has been shot.
Where wine enters sense leaves.
It is easy to be prudent in hindsight.
Don’t sell the pelt until you’ve killed the bear.
Attack is the best defense.
Those are wise that heed advice, but no one should heed dissuasive advice.
Faith can move mountains.
Wisdom has long ears and short tongue.
Don’t wake a sleeping bear.
The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.
A spoken word and a thrown stone cannot be called back.
Shortcuts are often ’longcuts’.
As you make your bed, so will you sleep.
Small wounds and poor friends should not be despised.
It is darkest before dawn.
Money cannot buy happiness.
As old people sing, young people tweet.
Old love never rusts.
It is not one person’s fault if two people quarrel.
It is fairer to listen to the string that broke than to never strain a bow.
A piece of bread in your pocket is better than a feather in your hat.
Politicians are like crocodiles – big jaws but no ears.
A peacock has too little in its head and too much in its tail.
As one is dressed one will be judged.
You cannot ask more of an ox than a steak.
The water you collect from the stream teaches you about its source.
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