Danish Proverbs, Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
1,257 Danish Proverbs
To circumstances and custom the law must yield.
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To cut into another's man's ear is like cutting into a felt hat.
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To give counsel to a fool is like throwing water on a goose.
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To God's council-chamber there is no key.
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To know the law and do the right are two things.
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To live long is to suffer long.
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To promise is easy, to keep is troublesome.
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To wait and be patient soothes many a pang.
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To withhold truth is to bury gold.
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To-day in gold, to-morrow in the mould.
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Too little and too much spoils everything.
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Too little, too late.
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Too many captains will sink the ship.
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Treachery and slander are long lived.
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Treachery lurks in honeyed words.
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Trust everybody, but thyself most.
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Trust not a skittish horse, nor a great lord, when they shake
their heads.
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Trust not still water nor a silent man.
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Truth and folly dwell in the wine-cask.
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Truth is bitter food.
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Truth is God's daughter.
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Truth must be seasoned to make it palatable.
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Truth's cloak is often lined with lies.
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Two are the masters of one.
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Two may lie so as to hang a third.
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