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| Danish Proverb - B
Bad is never good until worse happens.Beauty carries its dower in its face.Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent.Before a man learns to hang he is half dead.Better a friend's bite than an enemy's caress.Better a little furniture than an empty house.Better a little in peace and with right, than much with anxiety and strife.Better a poor horse than an empty stall.Better a salt herring on your own table, than a fresh pike on another man's.Better an open enemy than a false friend.Better ask twice than lose your way once.Better be convinced by words than by blows.Better blow hard than burn yourself.Better coarse cloth than naked thighs.Better come late to church than never.Better cross an angry man than a fasting man.Better half a loaf than none at all.Better in an old carriage than in a new ship.Better is the branch that bends, than the branch that breaks.Better lose the anchor than the whole ship.Better make a short circuit than to wet your hose.Better no law, than law not enforced.Better one cow in peace than seven in trouble.Better something on the arm than all in the stomach.Better spare at the brim that at the bottom.Better suffer for truth, than prosper by falsehood.Better the child cry than the old man.Better the child cry, than the mother sigh.Better the world should know you as a sinner than God know you as a hypocrite.Better to ask twice than to lose your way once.Better to be a free bird than a captive king.Better to deny at once, than to promise long.Better to have something yourself, than to beg of your sister.Better twice measured than once wrong.Better walk on wooden legs, than be carried on a wooden bier.Better walk unshackled in a green meadow, than be bound to a thorn-brush.Better weak beer than an empty cask.Better whole than patched in gold.Between evil tongues and evil ears, there is nothing to choose.Between saying and doing there is a great distance.Beware of the dog himself, his shadow does not bite.Beware, froth is not beer.Big words seldom go with good deeds.Bite not the dog that bites.Blacksmith's children are not afraid of sparks.Blame is the lazy man's wages.Bread is better than the song of birds.Butter spoils no meat, and moderation injures no cause.By gnawing skin a dog learns to eat leather. |
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