1,257 Danish Proverbs
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“He will never get into the wood who starts at every bush.”
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“Hear one man before you answer; hear several before you decide.”
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“Help is good everywhere, except in the porridge-bowl.”
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“Help the lame dog over the stile.”
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“Hold your dog in readiness before you start the hare.”
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“Honeyed speech often conceals poison and gall.”
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“Honor buys no meat in the market.”
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“Honour the old, teach the young.”
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“Honour the tree that gives you shelter.”
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“Hope and expectation are a fool's income.”
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“Hope and strive is the way to thrive.”
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“Hope deferred makes the heart sick.”
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“Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.”
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“Hope is an egg of which one man gets the yolk, another the white,
and a third the shell.”
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“Hope is the dream of the waking.”
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“Hope springs eternal.”
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“However high a bird may soar, it seeks its food on earth.”
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“Human blood is all of one colour.”
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“"I am a judge of cresses," said the peasant, as he was eating
hemlock.”
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“I would rather see smoke from my own chimney than the fire on
another's hearth.”
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“"I'll go myself," and "I'll see to it," are two good servants on a
farm.”
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“Idleness is the devil's bolster.”
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“If a beard were all, the goat would be the winner.”
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“If a man has folly in his sleeve, it will be sure to peep out.”
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“If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill.”
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