1053 sayings with source references.
Tre Ting giöre ikke godt uden Hugg: Valnödtræet, Asenet, og en ond Qvinde.There are three things from which no good can be got without a beating: a walnut-tree, a donkey, and a shrew.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHvad man med Synd faaer, det med Sorg gaaer.That which comes with sin, goes with sorrow.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesFattige Frænder faae liden Hæder.Poor relations have little honour.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEnhver Fugl har sine Fieder behov.Every bird needs its own feathers.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSmiger er söd mad, hov den gider ædt.Flattery is sweet food for those who can swallow it.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHan maae have Skaden, som har sögt den.He that courts injury will obtain it.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBedre er at tinge ved Busken end ved Boien.It is better to make conditions in the bush than in prison.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSielden kommer Sorg ene.Sorrow seldom comes alone.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSielden er Grenen bedre end Bullen.The branch is seldom better than the stem.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGien ei af dig det, der ei löber paa dig.Drive not away what never came near you.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMellem sige og giöre er en lang Vei.Between saying and doing there is a great distance.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHvo avelös lever, han ærelös döer.He who lives without restraint, will die without honour.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe ere ei alle Jægere, som blæse i Horn.All are not hunters that blow the horn.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDen Korset haver signer sig selv först.He that bears the cross, blesses himself first.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesKoen malkes, og ei Oxen; Faaret klippes, og ei Hesten.The cow is milked, not the ox; the sheep is shorn, not the horse.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDet er saa ondt at spytte Ilden ud og skiende sig, som at synke den og brænde sig.It is as bad to spit out the fire and be shamed, as it is to swallow it and be burnt.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHurtig til Hatten, og seen til Pungen, giör ingen Skade.Put your hand quickly to your hat, and slowly in your purse, and you will take no harm.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesFagre Ord uden Fynd naae ikke langt.Fine words without deeds go not far.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHvo der föder en Ulv, han styrker sin Fjende.He who feeds a wolf, strengthens his enemy.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSandhed skal man lære af Börn og drukne Folk.Children and drunken men speak the truth.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHvert Liv sin Lyst, hver Lyst sin Lov.Every life has its joy, every joy its law.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesArmod og Kiærlighed ere onde at dölge.Love and poverty are hard to conceal.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUnder hvide Liin, skiules tidt skabet Skind.Fine linen often conceals a scabby skin.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBedre lidt med Ro og Rette, end meget med Uro og Trætte.Better a little in peace and with right, than much with anxiety and strife.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources