Quotations by Tradizione danese

Hvo der gaaer i Seng med Hunde, skal staa op med Lopper.

He that lies down with dogs, will get up with fleas.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Han kom tidlig nok, der blev hængt ved Lys.

He came time enough who was hung by candlelight.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Smaae Sorger tale, de store tie.

Little sorrows are loud, great ones silent.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Kiært Barn har mange Navne.

A pet child has many names.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Hvo ret vil spare, skal begynde af Munden.

He who would save, should begin with the mouth.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Gud giver hver saa Kuld, som Klæder.

God sends men cold according to their clothes.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Der hvor Forstanden slipper, tager Lykken ved.

When wisdom fails, luck helps.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Kiærligheds Væxt vil vandes med Graad, og dyrkes med Umag.

Love’s plant must be watered with tears, and tended with care.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Egen Arne er Guld værd.

A hearth of your own is worth gold.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Sölv og Guld er hver Mand Huld.

Silver and gold are all men’s dears.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Lad Hund til Honningtrug, da springer han i med baade Been.

Let a dog get at a dish of honey, and he will jump in with both legs.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Avindsyg er sin egen Böddel.

Envy is its own torturer.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

To ere een Mands Herre.

Two are the masters of one.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Guld bliver vel Guld, om end det ligger i Skalkepung.

Gold is gold, though it be in a rogue’s purse.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Det er godt at laane Gud og Ageren, de give gode Renter.

It is good to lend to God and to the soil—they pay good interest.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Han veed bedst af Vandet, som vadet har.

He knows the water best who has waded through it.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Vælsk Andagt og tydsk Faste gjelder intet.

Italian devotion and German fasting have no meaning.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Ild Hund haver Ar i Næse.

An ill-tempered dog has a scarred nose.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Lykken har meget til Mange, men nok til Ingen.

Luck has much for many, but enough for no one.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Den Gaas kiækker ikke mere som Hovedet er af.

The goose that has lost its head no longer cackles.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Duk dig, lad gaae over; Veiret vil have sin Villie.

Stoop, and let it pass; the storm will have its way.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Det skal være en haard Vinter, om den ene Ulv æder den anden.

It must be a hard winter when one wolf devours another.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Een Fjende er for meget, og hundrede Venner ere ei nok.

One enemy is too much, and a hundred friends are not enough.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Naar to Uvenner blæse i et Horn gaaer det over den Tredie ud.

When two enemies blow one horn, the third will have to suffer for it.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857