Better to drink the milk than to eat the cow.
More Icelandic Proverbs:
He who lives without discipline dies without honor.Icelandic
A story is only half told if there is only one side presented.
Icelandic
On the ladder to success there is always somebody on the rung above you and who uses your head to steady himself.
Icelandic
A man yearns for his paradise but it could become his hell.
Icelandic
Bad birds seldom bring good weather.
Icelandic
Every man likes the smell of his own farts.
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