Faroese Proverbs

Who does not eat till he is full, won’t lick himself satisfied. Faroese Proverbs Image

Who does not eat till he is full, won’t lick himself satisfied.

You can take the ox to the river, but begging it won’t make it drink. Faroese Proverbs Image

You can take the ox to the river, but begging it won’t make it drink.

Keeping silence won’t get you to court. Faroese Proverbs Image

Keeping silence won’t get you to court.

Old ones are good at counselling. Faroese Proverbs Image

Old ones are good at counselling.

There is always something the matter with a bad child. Faroese Proverbs Image

There is always something the matter with a bad child.

High calling brings a high fall. Faroese Proverbs Image

High calling brings a high fall.

The knifeless man is a lifeless man. Faroese Proverbs Image

The knifeless man is a lifeless man.

The crow thinks best of her own chickens. Faroese Proverbs Image

The crow thinks best of her own chickens.

The coward falls. Faroese Proverbs Image

The coward falls.

Old ravens are not easy to fool. Faroese Proverbs Image

Old ravens are not easy to fool.

Done by oneself is well done. Faroese Proverbs Image

Done by oneself is well done.

A man without a knife, is a man without a life. Faroese Proverbs Image

A man without a knife, is a man without a life.

It’s difficult to build a boat plank against the wave. Faroese Proverbs Image

It’s difficult to build a boat plank against the wave.

It’s better to be prepared than swift afterwards. Faroese Proverbs Image

It’s better to be prepared than swift afterwards.

When ale goes in, the wit goes out. Faroese Proverbs Image

When ale goes in, the wit goes out.

Who rides first, controls the speed. Faroese Proverbs Image

Who rides first, controls the speed.

Nobody is to eat the morsel of someone else. Faroese Proverbs Image

Nobody is to eat the morsel of someone else.

None reaches further than his arms reach. Faroese Proverbs Image

None reaches further than his arms reach.

The child does not cry as long as it has its way. Faroese Proverbs Image

The child does not cry as long as it has its way.

Swimming is easy if someone holds your head above water. Faroese Proverbs Image

Swimming is easy if someone holds your head above water.

It is best to ask a man who manages on his own. Faroese Proverbs Image

It is best to ask a man who manages on his own.

It is better to attract two birds to the nest than one. Faroese Proverbs Image

It is better to attract two birds to the nest than one.

It is good to wait for a man that is alive. Faroese Proverbs Image

It is good to wait for a man that is alive.

Wool is the gold of the faroes. Faroese Proverbs Image

Wool is the gold of the faroes.

The dead man’s heirs are many, but not his brothers. Faroese Proverbs Image

The dead man’s heirs are many, but not his brothers.

The food we grow ourselves, is fit. Faroese Proverbs Image

The food we grow ourselves, is fit.

After a landslide one more can be expected. Faroese Proverbs Image

After a landslide one more can be expected.

The one who derides others, gets derided too. Faroese Proverbs Image

The one who derides others, gets derided too.

When the mouse is full, the flour tastes bitter. Faroese Proverbs Image

When the mouse is full, the flour tastes bitter.

Who fares suitably, gets ahead. Faroese Proverbs Image

Who fares suitably, gets ahead.

Loans are to come home laughingly. Faroese Proverbs Image

Loans are to come home laughingly.

See the guest out if you want to see him again. Faroese Proverbs Image

See the guest out if you want to see him again.

There lies often falsehood beneath a pretty skin. Faroese Proverbs Image

There lies often falsehood beneath a pretty skin.

There should be good embers after a good fire. Faroese Proverbs Image

There should be good embers after a good fire.

We are born to be our own, and not fed to it. Faroese Proverbs Image

We are born to be our own, and not fed to it.

Things don’t always go as planned. Faroese Proverbs Image

Things don’t always go as planned.

Nothing is as bad that it isn’t good for something. Faroese Proverbs Image

Nothing is as bad that it isn’t good for something.

Nothing ventured, nothing won. Faroese Proverbs Image

Nothing ventured, nothing won.

The blind one asked the naked guy to lead him on. Faroese Proverbs Image

The blind one asked the naked guy to lead him on.

He that rows out often, gets fish at last. Faroese Proverbs Image

He that rows out often, gets fish at last.

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