Danish Proverb
Danish Proverb
child cry
Better the child cry than the old man.
enemy friend thy
Tell nothing to thy friend which thy enemy may not know
farther row sail
Don't sail out farther than you can row back
falsehood prosper suffer truth
It is better to suffer for truth than to prosper by falsehood
abuse cowardly dead enemy fly living
It is cowardly to fly from a living enemy or to abuse a dead one
bigger man neither nor smaller
From praise, as from a shadow, a man is neither bigger nor smaller
oneself others speak
One should speak little with others and much with oneself
neighbor neighbors rich
No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor
caught places visit
No one can be caught in places he does not visit
afraid ashamed asking learning
One who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning
bells great hears ringing
While the great bells are ringing no one hears the little ones.
child hand heart mother takes
Who takes the child by the hand takes the mother by the heart
man none small stretch tall
No man is so tall that he never need stretch and none to small that he never need stoop.
ancestors brag unworthy
They brag most of their ancestors who are unworthy of them