He who was born to be hanged will not be drowned, unless the water go over the gallows.

Tradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Han drukner ikke, der hænge skal, uden Vandet gaaer over Galgen.

He who was born to be hanged will not be drowned, unless the water go over the gallows.

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