Danish Proverbs, Quotes, and Sayings

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“Sail while the breeze blows, wind and tide wait for no man.”
– Danish Proverb

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“Love is one-eyed, hate is blind.”
– Danish Proverb

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“No one gets into trouble without their own help.”
– Danish Proverb

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“Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get.”
– Danish Proverb

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“Laws, like the spider’s webs, catch the flies and let the hawk go free.”
– Danish Proverb

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“A bird never flew on one wing.”
– Danish Proverb

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“Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names.”
– Danish Proverb

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“If you would live healthily, be old early.”
– Danish Proverb

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“You have either to suffer a lot or die young.”
– Danish Proverb

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“If I die, I forgive you If I live, we shall see..”
– Danish Proverb

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“A chain is as strong as its weakest link.”
– Danish Proverb

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“The road to a friend’s house is never long.”
– Danish Proverb

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“Eggs and oaths are easily broken.”
– Danish Proverb

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“A good example is like a bell that calls many to church..”
– Danish Proverb

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“What the sober man has in his heart, the drunkard has on his lips.”
– Danish Proverb

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Danish Expressions and Sayings

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“No man is so tall that he need never stretch, and none so small that he need never stoop.”
– Danish Expression

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“Life without a friend is death without a witness.”
– Danish Expression

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“Bad is never good until worse happens..”
– Danish Expression

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“Better a friend’s bite than an enemy’s caress.”
– Danish Expression

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“Better ask twice than lose your way once.”
– Danish Expression

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“He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.”
– Danish Expression

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“A good beginning makes a good ending.”
– Danish Expression

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“Take off your hat quickly but slowly take hold of your purse.”
– Danish Expression

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“Ambition and revenge are always hungry.”
– Danish Expression

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“One drink is just right, two is too many and three are too few.”
– Danish Expression

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“Happiness does not give, it only lends.”
– Danish Expression

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“Don’t sail out farther than you can row back.”
– Danish Expression

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“He is afraid of his own shadow..”
– Danish Expression

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“One should choose the lesser of two evils.”
– Danish Expression

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“Presents make women affable, priests indulgent, and the law crooked.”
– Danish Expression

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“Who takes the child by the hand takes the mother by the heart.”
– Danish Expression

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“We must sow even after a bad harvest.”
– Danish Expression

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“Many small streams make a large river.”
– Danish Expression

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Denmark

Country: Kingdom of Denmark
Danish: Kongeriget Danmark
Capital: Copenhagen
Language: Danish
Demonyms: Danish Dane
Population: 6 million
EU: EEC accession 1973

Danish Language

Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by about six million people in Denmark, Greenland, and northern Germany. Danish-speaking communities can also be found around the world due to immigration.

Danish is a descendant of Old Norse, the Germanic peoples’ common language who lived in Scandinavia during the Viking Era.

With the Protestant Reformation and the introduction of printing, a standard language was developed based on the educated Copenhagen dialect, which spread through use in the education system and administration.

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“Sail while the breeze blows, wind and tide wait for no person.”
– Danish Proverb

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Photo Credit:Kristoffer Trolle from Copenhagen, Denmark / CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ; Mik Hartwell from Copenhagen, Denmark / CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0); Malene Thyssen / CC BY-SA (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)