Danish proverbs

Let him who would reach another a brand, beware that he do not burn his own hand.

You must walk a long while behind a wild goose before you find an ostrich feather.

It is dangerous to eat cherries with the great, they throw the stones at your head.

When the government has no ears to listen with, then she has no head for governing.

It is poor comfort for one who has broken his leg, that another has broken his neck.

It is as bad to spit out the fire and be shamed, as it is to swallow it and be burnt.

We must bear our cross with patience, said the man when he took his wife on his back.

Ladies have ladies' whims. said crazy Ann, when she draggled her cloak in the gutter.

It is a bad idea to take a thorn out of someone else's foot and put it into your own.

You may often feel that heavily on your back which you took lightly on your conscience.

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