390 Swedish Proverbs / Page 15
281.
The farmer should be mightier than his land.282.
The faults of others are the best teachers.283.
The faults of others make no law.284.
The first at the mill can grind the first.285.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.286.
The is unnecessary to make a fuss of any sort of thrash.287.
The joke is the weapon of the witty; being serious is the shield of the stupid.288.
The master has long arms, but they don't reach heaven.289.
The miser is his own mother-in-law.290.
The modest one gets nothing.291.
The more chefs, the better the soup.292.
The old have the calendar in their bodies.293.
The older buck gets, the harder become its horns.294.
The perch has a good time, it drinks when it wants to.295.
The poor man has none to envy him.296.
The poorest payer is the best collector of his own credits.297.
The public is an animal with many heads.298.
The ring of gold is never so red that it is not dispensed with for breads.299.
The stomack is filled earlier than the eye.300.
The strongest among the disabled is the one who never forgets his disability.