Better to drink the milk than to eat the cow.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about drinking
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Speak what needs to be said, or stay silenth.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic
A greasy kitchen; a will with not much in it.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic
Wrath often consumes what god gives husbands.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about god
On thin ice everybody have the same strength.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic
The more renowned woman often has fewer rings.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about woman
He who puts giants to flight rapidly advances.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about flight
If you travel for a day, take bread for a week.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about day
The revenge that is postponed is not forgotten.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about revenge
Speak the truth, but keep one hand on the sword.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about truth
If you wish to know what a man is, make him king.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about wish, man
Christ is powerful, but more powerful is destiny.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about destiny
It is difficult to steal when the boss is a thief.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about heads, thieves
Sin is not perfect until one prides oneself on it.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about perfection, sin
If one calls in the forest will one get a response.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic
He who knows only few things, has little to forget.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about things
One enemy is too many; 100 friends are far too few.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about enemies
Men do not limp while their legs are the same length.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about man
Cultures are born and die, but the cheese is immortal.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about immortality
When your neighbor's wall breaks, your own is in danger.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about danger
