Only Sweden has Swedish gooseberries.

More Swedish Proverbs

• Small pots have ears too.
• Ingratitude is the world’s reward.
• If it tastes good it is expensive.
• Easier said than done.
• Money opens all gates but heaven’s.
• Of what fills the heart speaks the mouth.
• The walls have ears.
• A small tuft often overturns a big load.
• The day we fear hastens toward us, the day we long for creeps.
• Each bird sings according to its own beak.
• He who bids for much, often loses all.
• As you sow, so shall you reap.
• The apple does not fall far from the tree.
• Pride goes before fall.
• Each day has enough of its own misery.
• In the calmest waters swim the ugliest fish.
• After rain comes sunshine.
• One cannot both eat one’s cookie and keep it.
• Weeds last the season.
• Warned is armed.
• Practice gives skill.
• Health is quietly keeping silent .
• He who lives shall see.
• One learns from mistakes.
• Happiness comes happiness leaves.
• The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.
• Midsummer night is not long but it sets many cradles rocking.