[Norwegian Proverbs]

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From: Mort Stein
Date: 17/05/2005-20:17

I found the following list of Norwegian proverbs.  Could someone tell me the
meaning in Norwegian or give me an equivalent source where I can find them? 
Tusen takk..

Everybody's friend is true to none. 
 
Gather and spare can last long. 

Given counsel is all the same hard to take. 

Heroism consists of hanging on one minute longer. 

If the glacier perceives a headless army is clumsy, it feels a sort of emphatic
guilt, I dare say. 
  
In every woman there is a Queen. Speak to the Queen and the Queen will answer. 
 
It's no shame to look into the warm spring sun and regret a lost limb. 
 
It's too bad to want a thing and not be allowed it. 

It's too late to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted. 

On the road between the homes of friends, grass does not grow. 
 
Poor thanks is the way of the world. 
 
Rather a bit correctly than much incorrectly. 

Rather free in a foreign place than a slave back home. 

Shameful deeds bring on revenge. 

The afterthought is good, but forethought is better. 

The age of miracles is past. 

The lame man runs if he has to. 

The lowest fence is the easiest to get across. 
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The shame you can't lift away, you had better let lie. 
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There's no shame in clothing you haven't cut yourself. 

What's good is often forgotten; what's bad is often hidden. 

You can give a piece of advice, but not good luck along with that. 

You don't have to put out the fire when all is burnt out.

The lazier a man is, the more he plans to do tomorrow.

It's better to feed one cat than many mice.

If there were no fools, how would we recognize the wise

He who laughs, lasts.

Heroism consists of hanging on one minute longer.

A tree stands on Riene; It has twelve golden boughs, Four nested on each bough,
And seven eggs in each nest, And the seventh is of gold.

A wooer should open his ears more than his eyes. 

Autumn thunder, means a mild winter. 

Snow is the peasants' wealth. 

Spring brings health, heralding summer's wealth.

I found these on the web.  I don't know how helpful they will be.  Hopefully
more helpful than the first comment.
Ikke selg skinnet før bjørnen er skutt 
"Don't sell the skin, until you have shot the bear" 
Morgenstund har gull i munn 
"Early bird gets the worm" 
De gamle bukkene har de stiveste hornene. 
"The old bucks got the stiffest horns" 
Et lite, men utsøkt selskap, sa mannen, han drakk alene. 
"A small but excellent party, said the man, he was drinking alone" 
Denne uka gikk fort, i overmorgen er det alt onsdag, sa mannen. 
"This week passed on quickly, the day after tomorrow is already Wednesday, the
man said" 
Tankeløst hode får lettest sove. 
"An empty head gets the easiest sleep" 
Alt vær er forbigående. 
"All weather is passing" 
Av skade blir man klok/brent barn skyr ilden 
"Burnt child fears fire" 
Bak skyene er himmelen alltid blå 
"Behind the clouds the sky is always blue" 
Bedre føre var enn etter snar 
"Better safe than sorry" 
Blod er tykkere enn vann 
"Blood is thicker than water" 
Borte bra, hjemme best 
"To be away is well and good, but home is where the heart is" 
De gamle er eldst 
"The old are the eldest" 
Liten tue kan velte stort lass. 
"A little thing can ruin the whole thing."