118 Icelandic Proverbs / Page 4
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It is better to suffer in name the truth than being rewarded for lying.62.
It is difficult to steal when the boss is a thief.63.
It would be good to have two mouths and speak to yourself with both.64.
It´s better to stand on your own feet than someone else´s.65.
Least said, soonest mended.66.
Let him who has enough be satisfied.67.
Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating.68.
Men do not limp while their legs are the same length.69.
Money makes monkeys of men.70.
More flies mean more food.71.
Much always longs for more.72.
My enemy isn't the one who harms me, but the one who makes me evil.73.
Necessity teaches naked woman to spin.74.
Need is a bad negotiator.75.
Need is not governed by the law.76.
No one has mercy by Magnus.77.
No one wants to remember his childhood.78.
Not much is worse than a troll.79.
Often a troll-woman is under fair skin, and virtue under dark hair.80.
Often does one desire what one does not need.