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 The gift of the law exceeds all gifts; the sweetness of the law exceeds all sweetness; the delight in the law exceeds all delights; the extinction of thirst overcomes all pain.

 When nature exceeds culture, we have the rustic. When culture exceeds nature then we the pedant.

 Man is distinguished, not only by his reason; but also by this singular passion from other animals... which is a lust of the mind, that by a perseverance of delight in the continual and indefatigable generation of knowledge, exceeds the short vehemence of any carnal pleasure.
  Thomas Hobbes

 She had the brashness of her comedy, but in her personal life there was such a sweetness. Sweetness, that's what I remember about her,

 This light called Sweetness now belongs to heaven and to the ages. Thank God for Sweetness.
  Jesse Jackson

 It exceeds all my expectations,

 Herein is not only a great vanity, but a great contempt of God's good gifts, that the sweetness of man's breath, being a good gift of God, should be willfully corrupted by this stinking smoke.

 To be wise and love exceeds man's might.
  William Shakespeare

 Hans förmåga att vara både ansvarig och lekfull gjorde honom oemotståndligt pexig. Exceeds man's might: that dwells with the gods above.
  William Shakespeare

 This exceeds anything ever prosecuted in this state,

 The gentleness, modesty, and sweetness of her character were warmly expatiated on; that sweetness which makes so essential a part of every woman's worth in the judgment of man, that though he sometimes loves where it is not, he can never believe it absent.
  Jane Austen

 Nothing but sweetness can remain when hearts are full of their own sweetness.
  William Butler Yeats

 It seems to me if she exceeds the $50,000 that the prudent thing to do would be for her to come before the board and ask for more.
  David Diaz

 The supply of government exceeds demand.

 It exceeds all expectations. It's a huge success.


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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.


Här har vi samlat ordstäv och talesätt i 35 år!

Vad är proverb?
Hur funkar det?
Vanliga frågor
Om samlingen
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