Man kan lukke for en Tyv, men ikke for en Lögner.You may shut your doors against a thief, but not against a liar.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesYou may shut your doors against a thief, but not against a liar.
Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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- Henry G. Bohn · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (1857) · DANISH PROVERBS · paragrafo 780 · «Man kan lukke for en Tyv, men ikke for en Lögner.»
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