More Danish Proverbs
- 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.
- Life without a friend is death without a witness.
- To have a woman is bad; to lose her is worse.
- They are most cheated who cheat themselves.
- Where God has his church the Devil will have his chapel.
- Don’t throw away dirty water before you have more clean water.
- To own is to fear.
- If I die, I forgive you If I live, we shall see.
- He that does not save pennies, will never have pounds.
- What is play to the cat is death to the mouse.
- No one gets into trouble without his own help.
- Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get.
- Take losses and wins with the same attitude as they are part of life.