It is as bad to spit out the fire and be shamed, as it is to swallow it and be burnt.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Det 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.

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