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What youth learns, age does not forget.
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What! give the lettuce in charge to the geese!
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When a man is in a sack, he must get out at the mouth or at the
bottom.
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When a man is not liked, whatever he doth is amiss.
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When anger blinds the eyes, truth disappears.
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When cat and mouse agree, the farmer has no chance.
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When dirt comes to honour it know not what to be.
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When every man gets his own the devil gets nothing.
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When every one minds his own business the work is done.
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When fools go to market the huckster gets money.
Source: (Danish)
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When fortune's chariot rolls easily, envy and shame cling to the
wheels.
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When friends ask, there is no tomorrow.
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When I have money in my purse, I have food in my mouth.
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When it pours upon the parson, it drops upon the clerk.
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When it rains porridge the beggar has no spoon.
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When joy is in the parlour, sorrow is in the passage.
Source: (Danish)
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When lazy horses begin to start, old women to dance, and white
clouds to rain, there is no stopping them.
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When mistrust enters, love departs.
Source: (Danish)
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When neighbours quarrel, lookers-on are more apt to add fuel than
water.
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When one foot stumbles, the other is near falling.
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When the beer goes in the wits go out.
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When the belly is full the mind is amongst the maids.
Source: (Danish)
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When the cook is roasting for the butler, woe to the master's
wine-cask.
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When the cord is tightest it is nearest snapping.
Source: (Danish)
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When the crane attempts to dance with the house she gets broken
bones.
Source: (Danish)
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When the fox licks his paw let the farmer look after his geese.
Source: (Danish)
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When the fox preaches to the goose her neck is in danger.
Source: (Danish)
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When the game is most thriving it is time to leave off.
Source: (Danish)
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Source: (Danish)
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When the goose trusts the fox then woe to her neck.
Source: (Danish)
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When the gorse is out of bloom, kissing's out of fashion.
Source: (Danish)
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When the head aches all the limbs ache.
Source: (Danish)
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When the helm is gone the ship will soon be wrecked.
Source: (Danish)
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When the host smiles most blandly he has an eye to the guest's
purse.
Source: (Danish)
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When the manger is empty the horses fight.
Source: (Danish)
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When the mouse has had enough the meal is bitter.
Source: (Danish)
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When the rooks are silent the swans begin to sing.
Source: (Danish)
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When the tree falls every one runs to gather sticks.
Source: (Danish)
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When the waggon is tilting everybody gives it a shove.
Source: (Danish)
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When the wolf's ears appear, his body is not far off.
Source: (Danish)
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When the word is in the mouth you must caress the sheath.
Source: (Danish)
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When the wound is healed the pain is forgotten.
Source: (Danish)
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When there is room in the heart, there is room in the house.
Source: (Danish)
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When thieves fall out the peasant recovers his goods.
Source: (Danish)
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When two enemies blow one horn, the third will have to suffer for
it.
Source: (Danish)
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When wisdom fails, luck helps.
Source: (Danish)
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When you go to dance, take heed whom you take by the hand.
Source: (Danish)
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Where a man never goes, there his head will never be washed.
Source: (Danish)
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Where law lacks, honour should eke it out.
Source: (Danish)
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Where money and counsel are wanting, it is best not to make war.
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