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Little sticks kindle a fire, great ones put it out.
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Lords and fools speak freely.
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Love and poverty are hard to conceal.
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Love begets love.
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Love's plant must be watered with tears, and tended with care.
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Love's quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.
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Luck has much for many, but enough for no one.
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Luck is better than a hundred marks.
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Luck sometimes visits a fool, but never sits down with him.
Source: (Danish)
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Luck stops at the door and inquires whether prudence is within.
Source: (Danish)
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Luck taps at the door and inquires whether prudence is within.
Source: (Danish)
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Luck will carry a man across the brook if he is not too lazy to
leap.
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Lucky at cards, unlucky in love.
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Mad dogs get their coats torn.
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Make use of the sun while it shines.
Source: (Danish)
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Many a cow stands in the meadow and looks wistfully at the
common.
Source: (Danish)
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Many a fool might pass for a wise man if he would only keep his
mouth shut.
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Many a man is a good friend but a bad neighbour.
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Many a man labours for the day he will never live to see.
Source: (Danish)
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Many a mickle makes a muckle.
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Many a one would like to lay his own shame on another man's back.
Source: (Danish)
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Many a sheep goes out woolly and comes home shorn.
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Many a thing whispered into one ear is heard over the whole town.
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Many dogs are the death of the hare.
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Many grains of sand will sink a ship.
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Many have too much, but none have enough.
Source: (Danish)
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Many kiss the child for the nurse's sake.
Source: (Danish)
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Many little rivulets make a great river.
Source: (Danish)
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Many love to praise right and do wrong.
Source: (Danish)
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Meddle with dirt and some of it will stick to you.
Source: (Danish)
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Might and courage require wit in their suite.
Source: (Danish)
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Might have gone further and have fared worse.
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Mischief comes soon enough.
Source: (Danish)
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Misfortune seldom comes alone to the house.
Source: (Danish)
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Money is more eloquent that a dozen members of parliament.
Source: (Danish)
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Money saved is as good as money gained.
Source: (Danish)
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More flies are caught with a drop of honey than with a barrel of
vinegar.
Source: (Danish)
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More people are slain by supper than by the sword.
Source: (Danish)
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More people know Tom Fool than Tom Fool knows.
Source: (Danish)
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More than enough is too much.
Source: (Danish)
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Much broth is sometimes made with little meat.
Source: (Danish)
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Much noise and little wool, said the devil, when he was shearing
the sow.
Source: (Danish)
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Much water runs by while the miller sleeps.
Source: (Danish)
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National customs are national honours.
Source: (Danish)
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Never let fools see half-finished work.
Source: (Danish)
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Never repent a good action.
Source: (Danish)
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New comers are always welcome.
Source: (Danish)
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New dishes beget new appetites.
Source: (Danish)
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New songs are liked the best.
Source: (Danish)
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New things are most looked at.
Source: (Danish)
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