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After pleasant scratching comes unpleasant smarting.
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Age is a sorry travelling companion.
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Age makes many a man whiter, but not better.
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Age may wrinkle the face, but lack of enthusiasm wrinkles the
soul.
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All are not good cooks who carry long knives.
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All but saves many a man.
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All hairy skins must not be singed.
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All keys hang not at one woman's girdle.
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All keys hang not on one girdle.
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All who snore are not asleep.
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All wish to live long, but none to be called old.
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All women are good Lutherans, they would rather preach than hear
mass.
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All women may be won.
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Almost kills no man.
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Alms do not empty the purse, and a mass does not exhaust the
day's duty.
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Along in counsel, alone in sorrow.
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Always to be sparing is always to be in want.
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An empty cellar makes an angry butler.
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An evil deed has a witness in the bosom.
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An evil eye can see no good.
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An honest man does not make himself a dog for the sake of a bone.
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An honest man is not the worse because a dog barks at him.
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An ill-tempered dog has a scarred nose.
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An ill-tempered woman is the devil's door-nail.
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An old error has more friends than a new truth.
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An old fool is worse than a young simpleton.
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An old man's sayings are seldom untrue.
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An old wolf is not scared by loud cries.
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An unpleasant guest is as welcome as salt to a sore eye.
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And Nathan said unto David: "Thou art the man."
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Another man's burden is always light.
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Another man's horse and your own whip can do a great deal.
Source: (Danish)
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Another year will bring another Christmas.
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Art and knowledge bring bread and honour.
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Art is art, even though unsuccessful.
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Art is long and life is short.
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As a man dresses so is he esteemed.
Source: (Danish)
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As the man is, so is his speech.
Source: (Danish)
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As the master is, so are his men.
Source: (Danish)
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As the old ones sing, the young ones twitter.
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As the saying goes.
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As the virtue in the tree, such is the fruit.
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As water runs towards the sword money towards the rich man's
hand.
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Ask advice of your equals, help of your superiors.
Source: (Danish)
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At court they sell a good deal of smoke without fire.
Source: (Danish)
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Bad is never good until worse happens.
Source: (Danish)
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Beauty carries its dower in its face.
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Beauty draws with a single hair.
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Beauty is a fading flower.
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Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent.
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