1,257 Danish Proverbs
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“Buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest.”
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“By gnawing skin a dog learns to eat leather.”
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“Call not the devil, he will come fast enough unbidden.”
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“Care, and not fine stables, make a good horse.”
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“Chastise a good child, that it may not grow bad, and a bad one,
that it may not grow worse.”
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“Cheerfulness and goodwill make labour light.”
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“Children and drunken men speak the truth.”
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“Children and fools
Shouldn't play with edged tools.”
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“Children are a poor man's wealth.”
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“Children are certain cares, but uncertain comforts.”
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“Children are certain sorrow, but uncertain joy.”
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“Children are the riches of the poor.”
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“Chop, and you will have splinters.”
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“Correction is good when administered in time.”
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“Counsel after action is like rain after harvest.”
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“Crooked iron may be straightened with a hammer.”
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“Cunning has little honour.”
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“Damage suffered makes you knowing, but seldom rich.”
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“Daylight will come, though the cock do not crow.”
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“Death does not blow a trumpet.”
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“Deceit and treachery make no man rich.”
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“Deceit is in haste, but honesty can wait a fair leisure.”
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“Deep draughts, and long morning slumbers, soon make a man poor.”
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“Deep rivers move with silent majesty, shallow brooks are noisy.”
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“Despise not a small wound, a poor kinsman, or an humble enemy.”
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