358 Sayings of Swedish Origin

1. "Evil gun powder doesn't go away easily." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

2. "The master has long arms, but they don't reach heaven." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

3. "Sweep first before your own door, before you sweep the doorsteps of your neighbors." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

4. "All good things are three." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

5. "Let the food silence the mouth." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

6. "When God brings death, the devil brings heirs." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

7. "It is fairer to listen to the string that broke than to never strain a bow." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

8. "One should eat or one dies." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

9. "All aren't gold that glimmers." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

10. "Those are wise that heed advice, but no one should heed dissuasive advice." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

11. "Each thing has its time." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

12. "One learns from mistakes." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

13. "Through yourself you know others." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

14. "Easily caught, easily lost." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

15. "Hurry slowly." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

16. "The end justifies the means." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

17. "Slow but steady." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

18. "When distress is the greatest, help is the nearest." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

19. "A soft answer calms the wrath." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

20. "Time passes by quickly when you are enjoying yourself." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

21. "Let him who is without sin cast the first stone." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

22. "No trees grow to the sky." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

23. "Constant sunshine makes a desert." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

24. "Children do as you do, not as you say." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

25. "Taste is like the buttocks, divided." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

26. "He who enters the game must endure it." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

27. "You don't miss the cow until the stall is empty." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

28. "Eyes that do not cry, do not see." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

29. "Even a small star shines in the darkness." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

30. "Forbidden fruit always tastes the best." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

31. "If you give someone a finger he wants the whole hand." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

32. "You must learn to crawl before you can walk." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

33. "A rolling stone gathers no moss." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

34. "Don't waste gunpowder on dead crows." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

35. "It's the thought that counts." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

36. "What one's head lacks one has to have in one's legs." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

37. "Easier hides a wise man his wisdom than a fool his madness." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

38. "If you marry money the devil lays an egg in your storeroom." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

39. "Honor whom should be honored." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

40. "Honesty lasts the longest." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

41. "You should not judge a dog by its fur." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

42. "Old love never rusts." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

43. "Insight is more valuable than gold." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

44. "We all start out as children." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

45. "Dig where you stand." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

46. "Don't let your sorrow come higher than your knees." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

47. "In the calmest waters swim the ugliest fish." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

48. "Health is quietly keeping silent." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

49. "Best to be without oaths." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

50. "A clean conscience is the best pillow." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

51. "Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

52. "Don't cross the stream to find water." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

53. "All roads lead to Rome." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

54. "Everyone knows the monkey, but the monkey knows no one." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

55. "He who waits for something good never waits too long." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

56. "When the sea is calm, every ship has a good captain." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

57. "Don't celebrate until you have crossed the creek." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

58. "When the mouse is full, the flour tastes bitter." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

59. "A woman is the last judge of the man." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

60. "Injury makes you wise." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

61. "If there is room in the heart, there is room for the behind." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

62. "Every cloud has a silver lining." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

63. "Money does not smell." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

64. "Love me when I least deserve it, because that is when I need it the most." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

65. "A spoken word and a thrown stone cannot be called back." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

66. "Better loved and lost than never loved." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

67. "Patience is the art of hoping." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

68. "Reality surpasses the poem." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

69. "Only Sweden has Swedish gooseberries." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

70. "If you say "A" you have to say "B"." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

71. "A friend's slap has honest intentions, your enemieskisses are meant to deceive." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

72. "Each bird sings according to its own beak." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

73. "Politicians are like crocodiles, big jaws but no ears." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

74. "Whine less, breathe more." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

75. "In a small house God has his corner, in a large house He has to stand in the hall." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

76. "If a blind one leads another, they both fall together." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

77. "Nothing is new under the sun." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

78. "Better listen to a broken string than never having bent a bow." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

79. "Money does not grow on trees." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

80. "A clenched fist can neither give nor take." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

81. "In darkness all cats are grey." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

82. "Lend to God and the earth, they both pay good interest." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

83. "Comes time comes counsel." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

84. "Opportunity makes the thief." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

85. "Don't wake a sleeping bear." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

86. "It is more blissful to give than to receive." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

87. "He who saves, has." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

88. "Small wounds and poor friends should not be despised." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

89. "Cookie searches for a wife." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

90. "While there is life there is hope." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

91. "One time, no time, two times, a habit." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

92. "During the evening the lazy get in a hurry." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

93. "Don't let grass grow on your feet." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

94. "Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things will be yours." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

95. "You never get tired of working for yourself." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

96. "When it rains on the priest, it dripples on the sacristan." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

97. "Shame on he who gives up." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

98. "It is easy to be prudent in hindsight." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

99. "The devil visits the rich too, but he visits the poor twice." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

100. "Weeds last the season." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

101. "Don't light a fire for the crows." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

102. "All methods are good except for the bad ones." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

103. "An upstanding peasant is bigger than a nobleman on his knees." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

104. "Do not wake the bear that sleeps." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

105. "When the cat is away, the rats dance on the table." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

106. "A place for each thing and each thing in its place Tis better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

107. "Being young is a fault which improves daily." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

108. "Two wrongs do not make a right." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

109. "That day, that sorrow." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

110. "Even a blind hen can find a grain." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

111. "Alone is strong." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

112. "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

113. "The loss on the swings is won back on the merry-go-round." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

114. "After the rain the grass will grow; after wine, conversation." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

115. "Don't sell the pelt until you've killed the bear." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

116. "A life without love is like a year without summer." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

117. "It is to be bent in time, that which bent shall be." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

118. "A beloved child has many names." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

119. "As the master sleeps, the servant dreams." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

120. "Empty barrels are noisiest." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

121. "All fools are brothers." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

122. "A good man manages on his own." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

123. "Of what fills the heart speaks the mouth." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

124. "Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

125. "Where wine enters sense leaves." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

126. "Eaten bread is soon forgotten." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

127. "The stomach gets full before the eye." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

128. "Do not throw the baby out with the bathwater." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

129. "He who whispers lies." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

130. "Nobody is too young to die tomorrow." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

131. "A small tuft often overturns a big load." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

132. "To separate is to die a little." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

133. "Sin punishes itself." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

134. "It is never too late." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

135. "A hundred tailors, a hundred millers, and a hundred weavers make three hundred thieves." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

136. "The smith's horse and the shoemakers children are worst shod." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

137. "Who sits on your shoulders will try to climb on your head." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

138. "What doesn't kill, hardens." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

139. "There must be some moderation." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

140. "Do not make a hen out of a feather." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

141. "One shouldn't buy a pig in a sack." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

142. "What starts with a needle usually ends with a silver bowl." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

143. "Much wants more." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

144. "You can't teach old dogs to sit." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

145. "A child is a certain sorrow and uncertain joy." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

146. "No one is indispensable." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

147. "After rain comes sunshine." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

148. "Necessity is the mother of invention." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

149. "If you buy what you don't need, you steal from yourself." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

150. "If it isn't one thing it's the other, said the girl with a nosebleed." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

151. "The most important thing is not to win, but to fight well." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

152. "Stinginess deceives wisdom." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

153. "A hearty laugh lengthens your life." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

154. "Better to dam the brook than the creek." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

155. "Luck never gives; it only lends." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

156. "Revenge is sweet." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

157. "Fortune favours the bold." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

158. "As one is dressed one will be judged." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

159. "A piece of bread in your pocket is better than a feather in your hat." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

160. "Don't saw off the branch you're sitting on." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

161. "New brooms sweep the best." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

162. "The nail that sticks out gets struck." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

163. "As old people sing, young people tweet." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

164. "He who bids for much, often loses all." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

165. "If you lose one, there are a thousand more to choose from." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

166. "Forbidden road is often heavily worn." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

167. "It is better to free someone guilty than to convict someone innocent." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

168. "The miser is his own mother-in-law." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

169. "No smoke without fire." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

170. "You cannot ask more of an ox than a steak." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

171. "A chain is no stronger than its weakest link." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

172. "Pride goes before fall." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

173. "Better to keep quiet than to speak poorly." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

174. "Rather an honest "no" than an insincere "yes"." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

175. "God gives every bird his worm, but he does not throw it into the nest." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

176. "In the desert sand is cheap." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

177. "Things never turn out the way you imagined." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

178. "Best to learn from other people's injury." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

179. "Quick wealth makes the man suspicious." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

180. "It's a small world." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

181. "Self is the best farmhand." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

182. "Attack is the best defense." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

183. "He who always knows best never learns." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

184. "One swallow does not a summer make." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

185. "You should forge while the iron is hot." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

186. "Speak with farmers like farmers speak, and with the educated in latin." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

187. "A man without money is like a boat without sails." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

188. "What breaks in a moment may take years to mend." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

189. "The grass is always greener on the other side." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

190. "Morning hour has gold in its mouth." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

191. "It is not one person's fault if two people quarrel." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

192. "Ingratitude is the world's reward." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

193. "The drunken man's words is the sober man's thoughts." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

194. "If the head is dumb, the body suffers." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

195. "The sun also has its spots." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

196. "It is best to bite into the sour apple Angry cats get scratched skin." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

197. "A lazy thief is better than a lazy servant." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

198. "Talk less, say more." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

199. "The death of one, the bread of the other." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

200. "Small pots have ears too." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

201. "Each smith has his custom." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

202. "One should not change horses in the middle of the stream." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

203. "If you are among the roses, your friends will look for you among the thorns." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

204. "They who want to sing will always find a song." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

205. "The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

206. "Envy never rests." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

207. "The dripping can hollow the stone." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

208. "Rather one bird in the hand, than ten in the woods." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

209. "Clothing makes the man." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

210. "Who is chasing after another must himself rest." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

211. "To lazy pigs the ground is always frozen." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

212. "Happiness comes happiness leaves." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

213. "Faith can move mountains." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

214. "If it tastes good it is expensive." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

215. "Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

216. "Don't set about mountains when there are pebbles." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

217. "Own hearth is gold worth." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

218. "Expect nothing from friends, do what you can do yourself." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

219. "Shortcuts are often "longcuts"." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

220. "The pillow is the best adviser." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

221. "The way to a man's heart is through his stomach." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

222. "Where there is modesty there is virtue." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

223. "Hunger is the best flavouring." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

224. "He who lives shall see." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

225. "What is unclearly said is unclearly thought." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

226. "The walls have ears." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

227. "Better breadless than clueless." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

228. "Better to be a poor woman than the slave of the rich." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

229. "Old is oldest." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

230. "When the devil grows old he turns religious." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

231. "Hope is the last thing to leave a human being." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

232. "Don't praise the day before the sun has set." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

233. "The end is good, everything is good." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

234. "Gold blinds many, love blinds all." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

235. "As you sow, so shall you reap." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

236. "The road to hell is lined with good resolutions." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

237. "Midsummer night is not long but it sets many cradles rocking." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

238. "Don't buy the pig in the bag." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

239. "The apple does not fall far from the tree." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

240. "Wisdom has long ears and short tongue." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

241. "Don't put stones on a burden." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

242. "Butterflies forget that they were once caterpillars." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

243. "It is darkest before dawn." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

244. "Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

245. "As you make your bed, so will you sleep." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

246. "A journey of a thousand miles always begins with a single step." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

247. "Variety delights." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

248. "Love is blind." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

249. "Eat less, chew more." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

250. "No party without shattering." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

251. "Poor memory is better than bad memories." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

252. "Death is the last doctor." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

253. "The strongest among the disabled is the one who never forgets his disability." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

254. "An accident rarely comes alone." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

255. "It will be like it will be." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

256. "What you do not know does not hurt you." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

257. "Don't think about the pig until it's in the poke." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

258. "The young should be taught, the old should be honored." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

259. "Close does not shoot any hares." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

260. "Evil shall by evil be expelled." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

261. "Burnt child shuns fire." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

262. "Take the custom where you come." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

263. "From children, drunkards and madmen you get to hear the truth." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

264. "Do not weep over spilled milk." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

265. "Hate less, love more." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

266. "To err is human; to forgive, divine." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

267. "Blood is thicker than water." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

268. "When it rains manna from heaven, the poor one does not have a spoon." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

269. "Treat others as you would want to be treated yourself." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

270. "No one is a prophet in one's own homeland." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

271. "To speak is silver, to keep silent is gold." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

272. "He who has long fingers should also have long legs." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

273. "An ounce of lying saves tons of explanations." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

274. "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

275. "Joy and sorrow are next door neighbors." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

276. "One must take matters into one's own hands." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

277. "Sour said the fox about rowanberries." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

278. "Money cannot buy happiness." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

279. "Practice gives skill." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

280. "Love has produced some heroes but even more idiots." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

281. "You have to correct your mouth according to your lunch pack." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

282. "What matter if I suffer, if only my neighbor suffers too." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

283. "Work is half of health." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

284. "Self-praise stinks." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

285. "The more chefs, the worse the soup." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

286. "When you're speaking about the trolls, they're standing in the entrance hall listening." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

287. "Appearances deceive." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

288. "Even a fool when he holdeth his peace is counted wise." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

289. "Grab the bull by its horns." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

290. "In the realm of the blind, the one-eyed man is king." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

291. "One learns as long as one lives." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

292. "The liar will only be trusted once." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

293. "One cannot both eat one's cookie and keep it." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

294. "Whichever way you turn you have your end in the back." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

295. "Sleeping farmer gets a dreaming farmhand." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

296. "Warned is armed." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

297. "Such father, such son." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

298. "He who digs a pit for others, often falls into it himself." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

299. "Thin mosquitoes bite the worse." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

300. "What is hidden in snow is revealed at thaw." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

301. "The exception confirms the rule." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

302. "The donkey is known by his ears, the fool by his words." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

303. "Do not pull everyone over with a comb." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

304. "He who builds and he who marries are never safe." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

305. "Money opens all gates but heaven's." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

306. "Devils have more than twelve apostles." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

307. "As you shout you get will be answered." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

308. "Do not cross the brook for water." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

309. "First to the mill will first grind." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

310. "Each person is the forger of his own happiness." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

311. "Give a servant a proper meal and the cow will give more milk and the cat will drink less." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

312. "The later in the evening, the more beautiful the people." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

313. "Choose your bedfellows by day." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

314. "Distress knows no law." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

315. "One should not bow before stupidity merely because it is old." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

316. "Easier said than done." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

317. "Better late than never." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

318. "Advice should be viewed from behind." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

319. "It is easy to cut broad strips off other people's leather." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

320. "To defend a wrong, is to wrong do anew." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

321. "It concerns you, too, when your neighbor's wall is on fire." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

322. "To dare is to lose your foothold for a moment, to not dare is to lose yourself." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

323. "The water you collect from the stream teaches you about its source." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

324. "A poor craftsman blames his tools." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

325. "The way the devil reads the bible." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

326. "Afterwards is no advice." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

327. "Even the best can make mistakes." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

328. "A peacock has too little in its head and too much in its tail." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

329. "The eyes want more than the stomach." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

330. "Nothing is so good that it can't be made better." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

331. "All eggs should not be put in one basket." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

332. "The truth comes forward in wine." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

333. "Laid card lies." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

334. "All is fair in love and war." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

335. "He laughs best who laughs last." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

336. "He who sleeps does not sin." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

337. "The closer to the source, the clearer the water." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

338. "One should not add oil to the fire." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

339. "Death is God's broom." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

340. "Adversity exists to be overcome." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

341. "Better to flee than to fence poorly." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

342. "The day we fear hastens toward us, the day we long for creeps." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

343. "Dear child has many names." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

344. "When a blind man carries the lame man, both go forward." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

345. "Don't shoot yourself in the foot." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

346. "One should not offer cinnamon rolls to baker's children." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

347. "Don't sell the fur until the bear has been shot." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

348. "What you lose at the swings you take back at the merry-go-round." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

349. "Fear less, hope more." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

350. "You are always closest to yourself." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

351. "Own praise has a bad smell." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

352. "Time heals all wounds." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

353. "Rome was not built in one day." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

354. "Each day has enough of its own misery." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

355. "Lovely flowers fade fast." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

356. "Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

357. "Where shall the ladle be if not in the cauldron? It is seldom the fault of one when two argue." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet

 

358. "Away is good but home is best." (Swedish Sayings) Click to tweet