More Swedish Proverbs
- Happiness comes happiness leaves.
- The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.
- Midsummer night is not long but it sets many cradles rocking.
- Better to keep quiet than to speak poorly .
- If a blind one leads another, they both fall together.
- Death is God’s broom.
- What you do not know does not hurt you.
- Better to dam the brook than the creek.
- When the sea is calm, every ship has a good captain.
- Adversity exists to be overcome.
- It is more blissful to give than to receive.
- An upstanding peasant is bigger than a nobleman on his knees.
- When the mouse is full, the flour tastes bitter.
- Let the food silence the mouth.
- Don’t throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.
- It is easy to cut broad strips off other people’s leather.
- As you shout you get will be answered.
- The smith’s horse and the shoemakers children are worst shod.
- Envy never rests.
- Close does not shoot any hares.
- He who lives shall see.
- One learns from mistakes.
- 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.