Lige Bytte giör mindst Trætte. A fair exchange brings no quarrel.
Liggende Ulv löber ikke Lam i Munde. Lambs don’t run into the mouth of the sleeping wolf.
List har liden Ære. Cunning has little honour.
Löfter og raat Klæde löbe meget ind. Promises and undressed cloth are apt to shrink.
Lögn bliver ikke træt af at gaae lange Veie. Falsehood never tires of going round about.
Lögn er Fandens Datter, og taler sin Faders Maal. Falsehood is the Devil’s daughter, and speaks her father’s tongue.
Lögn og Dravel giver ond Avel. Lies and gossip have a wretched offspring.
Lögn og Latin löbe Verden omkring. Lies and Latin go round the world.
Lögn reiser om for hun vil voxe. Falsehood travels and grows.