Danish Proverbs, Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
1,257 Danish Proverbs
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“The bow may be bent until it breaks.”
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“The branch is seldom better than the stem.”
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“The branch must be bent early that is to make a good crook.”
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“The child who gets a stepmother also gets a stepfather.”
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“The church is an anvil which has worn out many hammers.”
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“The cock often crows without a victory.”
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“The corn that is taken to a bad mill. will be badly ground.”
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“The cow is milked, not the ox; the sheep is shorn, not the horse.”
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“The cow knows not what her tail is worth until she has lost it.”
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“The crow will find its mate.”
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“The curse on the hearth wounds the deepest.”
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“The customer is always right.”
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“The day is never so holy that the pot refuses to boil.”
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“The day is sure to come when the cow will want her tail.”
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“The dearer the child, the sharper must be the rod.”
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“The dog that is forced into the woods will not hunt many deer.”
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“The dog will not get free by biting his chain.”
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“The dog's kennel is not the place to keep a sausage.”
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“The drunken man's joy is often the sober man's sorrow.”
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“The earth is always frozen to lazy swine.”
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“The earthen pan gains nothing by contact with the copper pot.”
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“The eye of the master makes the horse fat.”
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“The eye of the master will do more than both his hands.”
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“The fat sow knows not what the hungry sow suffers.”
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“The fire burns brightest on one's own hearth.”
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