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How do you say “less is more” in Norwegian?

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“heller for lite enn for mye”

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for en større sak

for the greater good

for lite, for sent

too little, too late

det som kommer lett, går lett

easy come, easy go

å smake sin egen medisin

to taste one’s own medicine

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