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.