Icelandic proverbs

She who dances with the chimney sweeper will eventually end up black.

It is better to suffer in name the truth than being rewarded for lying.

Words of insults are futile, the more they fit, the more they are lost.

An offer of friendship to a friend's foe is unbecoming an honorable man.

You do not really know your friends from your enemies until the ice breaks.

If the icy snow carries you at midsummer, then we can expect a late spring.

You can't complain about the sea if you suffer shipwreck for the second time.

It is better one time to see things than one hundred times to hear about them.

If you get lost in an Icelandic forest, simply stand up and you will find your way.

If only the wind would turn before I go home, said the woman rowing against the wind.

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