Quotations by Tradizione danese

Man koger saa vel i smaae Gryder som i de store.

You may cook in small pots as well as in large ones.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Bedst brænder Ild paa egen Arne.

The fire burns brightest on one’s own hearth.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Himlen er dog blaa, om end den Blinde ei seer det.

The sky is not the less blue because the blind man does not see it.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Mæt Mave roser Fasten.

A full stomach praises Lent.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Guld Nögle lukker alle Döre op uden Himlens.

A golden key opens every door except that of heaven.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Bedre er at lide for Sandhed, end at Lönnes for Lögn.

Better suffer for truth, than prosper by falsehood.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Falskhed ligger ofte under fagert Haar.

Falseness often lurks beneath fair hair.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Det er ikke for ingenting naar Fanden lægger sig i Gröften.

It is not for nothing that the devil lays himself down in the ditch.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Man kan ikke see en Anden længer end til Tænderne.

No one can see into another further than his teeth.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Det giöres ei Behov at blæse ad den Ild som selv brænder.

There is no use in blowing a fire that burns well.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Man giör ei godt Jagthorn af en Svinehale.

You cannot make a good hunting-horn of a pig’s tail.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Gud giver alle Mad som han giver Mund.

God never sends mouths but he sends meat.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Man gnaver noget af Been, men intet af Steen.

You may get something off a bone, but nothing off a stone.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Een plöier, en Anden saaer, den Tredie veed ei hvo det faaer.

One ploughs, another sows, who will reap no one knows.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Den er Tingen næst, som har den i Hænder.

He is nearest a thing, who has it in his hands.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Godt kommer aldrig for tidt.

Good never comes too often.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Arbeide har en bitter Rod, men söd Smag.

Labour has a bitter root, but a sweet taste.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Uglen priser ei Dagen, eller Ulven ei Hunden.

The owl does not praise the light, nor the wolf the dog.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Vad ikke over Vand, hvor du ei seer Bund.

Do not wade where you see no bottom.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Man prædike aldrig saa længe for Ulv, han siger dog Lam ad Aften.

You may preach ever so long to the wolf, he will nevertheless call for lamb before night.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Döden blæser ei Lyd for sig.

Death does not blow a trumpet.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Idag Guld, imorgen Muld.

To-day in gold, to-morrow in the mould.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Det er ei Alt i Mave godt (som) i Mund södt er.

What is sweet in the mouth is not always good in the stomach.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Mange Hunde ere Harens död.

Many dogs are the death of the hare.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857