The donkey is known by his ears, the fool by his words.

More Swedish Proverbs

• The closer to the source, the clearer the water.
• The way the devil reads the bible.
• A good man manages on his own.
• Lend to God and the earth – they both pay good interest.
• He who waits for something good never waits too long.
• The later in the evening, the more beautiful the people.
• Hope is the last thing to leave a human being.
• Reality surpasses the poem.
• Don’t let grass grow on your feet.
• He laughs best who laughs last.
• A life without love is like a year without summer.
• Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things will be yours.
• One should eat or one dies.
• Forbidden fruit always tastes the best.
• A beloved child has many names.
• Shame on he who gives up.
• All fools are brothers.
• Eaten bread is soon forgotten.
• Slow but steady.
• The end is good, everything is good.
• Don’t praise the day before the sun has set.
• They who want to sing will always find a song.
• 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 .