enginn verður óbarinn biskup

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Icelandic

Etymology

Literally “nobody becomes bishop unbeaten”.

Proverb

enginn verður óbarinn biskup

(proverb) no pain, no gain, one has to exert oneself to reach one's goals

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Icelandic proverbs