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One to one, and two to the devil.
Source: (Danish)
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One who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
Source: (Danish)
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One word beforehand is better than ten afterwards.
Source: (Danish)
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One would rather be bitten by wolves than by sheep.
Source: (Danish)
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Onions, smoke, and a shrew, make a good man's eyes water.
Source: (Danish)
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Other times, other folk.
Source: (Danish)
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"Own kin are the worst friends," said the fox, when he saw the
foxy dogs after him.
Source: (Danish)
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Peace and a well-built house cannot be bought too dearly.
Source: (Danish)
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Peace feeds, war wastes; peace breeds, war consumes.
Source: (Danish)
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Peace must be bought even at a high price.
Source: (Danish)
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People must eat, even were every tree a gallows.
Source: (Danish)
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"Peter, I am taking a ride," said the goose, when the fox was
running into the wood with her.
Source: (Danish)
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Pheasants are fools if they invite the hawk to dinner.
Source: (Danish)
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Philosophy bakes no bread.
Source: (Danish)
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Physicians rarely take medicine.
Source: (Danish)
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Poor relations have little honour.
Source: (Danish)
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Power often goes before talent.
Source: (Danish)
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Praise a fair day in the evening.
Source: (Danish)
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Praise a fool, and you may make him useful.
Source: (Danish)
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Praise borrowed from ancestors is but very sorry praise.
Source: (Danish)
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Praise is not pudding.
Source: (Danish)
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Praise is the hire of virtue.
Source: (Danish)
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Praise paves the way to friendship.
Source: (Danish)
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Praise the child, and you make love to the mother.
Source: (Danish)
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Precipitate counsel--perilous deed.
Source: (Danish)
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Pretty children sing pretty songs.
Source: (Danish)
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Profit is better than fame.
Source: (Danish)
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Promises and undressed cloth are apt to shrink.
Source: (Danish)
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Put your hand quickly to your hat, and slowly in your purse, and
you will take no harm.
Source: (Danish)
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Quick and well seldom go together.
Source: (Danish)
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Rain comes oft after sunshine, and after a dark cloud a clear
sky.
Source: (Danish)
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Rather the egg to-day than the hen to-morrow.
Source: (Danish)
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Rats and conquerors must expect no mercy in misfortune.
Source: (Danish)
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Reconciled friendship is like a badly healed wound.
Source: (Danish)
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Relatives are the worst friends, said the fox as the dogs took
after him.
Source: (Danish)
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Rest is good after the work is done.
Source: (Danish)
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Riches and favour go before wisdom and art.
Source: (Danish)
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Riches are often abused, but never refused.
Source: (Danish)
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Riches breed care, poverty is safe.
Source: (Danish)
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Rust consumes iron, and envy consumes itself.
Source: (Danish)
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Sail while the breeze blows, wind and tide wait for no man.
Source: (Danish)
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Secret gifts are openly rewarded.
Source: (Danish)
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Set a fox to catch a fox.
Source: (Danish)
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Shame comes to no man unless he himself help it on the way.
Source: (Danish)
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Shared sorrow is half sorrow.
Source: (Danish)
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Short flax makes long thread.
Source: (Danish)
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Short pleasure often brings long repentance.
Source: (Danish)
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Should the heavens fall, many pipkins will be broken.
Source: (Danish)
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Sickness comes in haste, and goes at leisure.
Source: (Danish)
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Sickness comes uninvited--no need to bespeak it.
Source: (Danish)
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