Icelandic

It is better to be a master in a cottage than servant in a castle.
Strike while the iron is hot.
If you wish to know what a man is, make him king.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
You will reach your destination even though you travel slowly.
On the ladder to success there is always somebody on the rung above you and who uses your head to steady himself.
An unlucky girl may make a good woman.
One half our fatherlands is the ocean.
Strong legs are needed to carry good days.
Pissing in your shoes won’t keep your feet warm for long.
Often does one desire what one does not need.
The man is as good as the day is long.
Gold glitters in what is thrown away.
Hate not the man, but the weakness.
Better be alone than in bad company.
If you get lost in an Icelandic forest, simply stand up and you will find your way.
Children generally follow the example of their parents, but imitate their faults more surely than their virtues.
The sun that melts the wox is the same that hardens the mud.
Cultures are born and die, but the cheese is immortal.
Tell me who you walk with, and I’ll tell you who you are.
Blind is a man without a book.
Those who get praised most loudly, disappoint me the most.
Politeness costs little but yields much.
All sails do not suit every ship.
All is not gold that glistereth.
It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest; Don’t wash your dirty linen in public.
The more renowned woman often has fewer rings.
It is better one time to see things than one hundred times to hear about them.
Let him who has enough be satisfied.
Pissing in your shoes won’t keep your feet warm for long.
The gift expects another gift in return.
Our good life sure is there for us, unless we learned some bad conduct in our home as children.
You do not really know your friends from your enemies until the ice breaks.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
Children will thrive best on varied diet.
It is better one time to see things than one hundred times to hear about them.
Although he comes and cuts me down, I’ll grow next spring.
Everyone gets argr as he gets older.
A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will.
A bad rower blames his oars.
A story is only half told if there is only one side presented.
It is better to suffer in name the truth than being rewarded for lying.
The one who’s only tasted sweet cannot describe sourness.
It is easier to look after hundred sheep than one girl.
Fertile is water that runs under lava.
The twigs are rarely better than the trunk.
The revenge that is postponed is not forgotten.
She who dances with the chimney sweeper will eventually end up black.
The sun that melts the wox is the same that hardens the mud.
There are men so poor that the only thing they have is money.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
There are seven different kind of weather in one autumn night.
Every man is defenseless unless he has a brother or a friend.
If the statement applies to you, admit it or do something about it.
It’s better to stand on your own feet than someone else’s.
There men so poor that the only thing they have is money.
The generous and bold have the best lives.
One enemy is too many; 100 friends are far too few.
It is difficult to steal when the boss is a thief.
You can’t complain about the sea if you suffer shipwreck for the second time.
He who knows only few things, has little to forget.
Men do not limp while their legs are the same length.
An offer of friendship to a friend’s foe is unbecoming an honorable man.
It is better to suffer in the name of truth than being rewarded for lying.
People come where people are.
There are seven different kind of weather in one autumn night.
Be straightforward in all your dealing and noble with strangers.