It is better one time to see things than one hundred times to hear about them.
More Icelandic Proverbs:
A sitting crow starves.Icelandic
A quarter depends on cultivation.
Icelandic
The man is as good as the day is long.
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One droops before one dies.
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Speak the truth, but keep one hand on the sword.
Icelandic
Bad birds seldom bring good weather.
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