Danish proverbs

More flies are caught with a drop of honey than with a barrel of vinegar.

Relatives are the worst friends, said the fox as the dogs took after him.

Better walk unshackled in a green meadow, than be bound to a thorn-brush.

He needs a long spoon that would eat out of the same dish with the devil.

The watch-dog does not get sweet milk unless there be drowned mice in it.

A customary railer is the devil's bagpipe, which the world danceth after.

No man looks for another in a sack, unless he has been there him himself.

Act so in the valley, that you need not fear those who stand on the hill.

Much noise and little wool, said the devil, when he was shearing the sow.

He is young enough who has health, and he is rich enough who has no debts.

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