118 Famous Icelandic Proverbs

Famous Proverbs / Icelandic Proverbs

81. On the ladder to success there is always somebody on the rung above you and who uses your head to steady himself.
82. On thin ice everybody have the same strength.
83. One droops before one dies.
84. One enemy is too many; 100 friends are far too few.
85. One half our fatherlands is the ocean.
86. Our good life sure is there for us, unless we learned some bad conduct in our home as children.
87. People come where people are.
88. Pissing in your shoes won't keep your feet warm for long.
89. She who dances with the chimney sweeper will eventually end up black.
90. Sin is not perfect until one prides oneself on it.

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