Danish proverbs

You may preach ever so long to the wolf, he will nevertheless call for the lamb before night.

A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.

It is not for my own sake, said the fox, ""that I say there is a good goose-green in the wood.""

If God bids thee draw, he will find thee a rope; if he bids thee ride, he will find thee a horse.

It is good to be priest at Easter, child in Lent, peasant at Christmas, and foal in harvest-time.

If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, it would make him pull his hat over his eyes.

Give a pig when it grunts, and a child when it cries, and you will have a fine pig, and a bad child.

Give to a pig when it grunts and a child when it cries, and you will have a fine pig and a bad child.

Give to a pig when it grunts and a child when it cries , and you will have a fine pig and a bad child.

Things never go so well that someone should have no fear, nor so bad that someone should have no hope.

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