Danish Proverb
20 quotations
Rust consumes iron and envy consumes itself.
The sky is not less blue because the blind man does not see it.
No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor.
Your friendship is your needs answered.
The road to a friend's house is never long.
Unworthy offspring brag the most about their worthy descendants.
Sight before hearsay.
Fish and guests smell at three days old.
Faint hearts never win fair ladies.
Better to ask twice than to lose your way once.
The nobler the blood the less the pride.
Eggs and oaths are easily broken.
Wise men do not quarrel with each other.
Many have too much, but none enough.
Unwilling service earns no thanks.
Slander expires at a good woman's door.
Blame is a lazy man's wages.
Better suffer for the truth than proper in a falsehood.
Wise care keeps what it has gained.
Big words seldom accompany good deeds.