One does not hate as long as one has a low esteem of someone, but only when one esteems him as an equal or a superior.
One does not know -- cannot know -- the best that is in one.
One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one is still alive
One hears but one does not seek; one takes -- one does not ask who gives; a thought flashes up like lightning, it comes of necessity and unfalteringly formed.
One is not free to become a Christian. One must be sick enough for it.
One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.
One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one makes
One must learn to be a sponge if one wants to be loved by hearts that overflow.
One must learn to love oneself with a wholesome and healthy love, so that one can bear to be with oneself and need not roam.
One must need to be strong, otherwise one will never become strong
One must never have spared oneself, one must have acquired hardness as a habit to be cheerful and in good spirits in the midst of nothing but hard truths.
One must separate from anything that forces one to repeat No again and again
One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.
One never dives into the water to save a drowning man more eagerly than when there are others present who dare not take the risk.
One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed.
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.