118 Icelandic Proverbs / Page 6
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The more renowned woman often has fewer rings.102.
The revenge that is postponed is not forgotten.103.
The sun that melts the wox is the same that hardens the mud.104.
The twigs are rarely better than the trunk.105.
There are seven different kind of weather in one autumn night.106.
There men so poor that the only thing they have is money.107.
Tomorrow says the lazy.108.
Trusty as a troll.109.
Two make an army against one.110.
Useless wisdom is double foolishness.111.
Useless wisdom is doulbe foolishness.112.
When your neighbor's wall breaks, your own is in danger.113.
Words of insults are futile, the more they fit, the more they are lost.114.
Wrath often consumes what god gives husbands.115.
You can't complain about the sea if you suffer shipwreck for the second time.116.
You do not really know your friends from your enemies until the ice breaks.117.
You will not choke on big words and pig fat.118.
You will reach your destination even though you travel slowly.