More Danish Proverbs
- Better a friend’s bite than an enemy’s caress.
- Every person is a fool in somebody’s opinion.
- Don’t sail out farther than you can row back.
- If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself.
- Walk till the blood appears on the cheek, but not the sweat on the brow.
- Lawyers and painters can soon change white to black.
- An ounce of mother is worth a pound of priests.
- He who gives to me teaches me to give.
- God feeds the birds that use their wings.
- When love is not madness, it is not love.
- No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor.
- From a fallen tree, all make kindling.
- Live with wolves, and you learn to howl.
- Tomorrow is often the busiest time of the year.
- The dog’s kennel is not the place to keep a sausage.
- Age may wrinkle the face, but lack of enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.
- Drink nothing without seeing it Sign nothing without reading it.
- Love and poverty are hard to conceal.
- A good neighbour is better than a brother far off.
- Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names.
- Under a tattered cloak you will generally find a good drinker.
- If three people say you are an ass, put on a bridle.
- To the good listener, half a word is enough.
- Don’t judge things and people based on their look.
- Children are a poor man’s wealth.
- A good example is like a bell that calls many to church.
- A small fire that warms you, is better than a large one that burns you.