uden mad og drikke duer helten ikke

== Danish == === Etymology === Literally, “without food and drink, the hero will not function”. First attested in print in Jens Christian Edvard Theodor Mau's 1879 Dansk ordsprogsskat. A similar sentence was first written by Johan Herman Wessel in 1772 as "Uden Øl og Mad er Helten ingen Ting" (Literally, “Without beer and food, the hero is nothing”). Changed to make the phrase rhyme. === Proverb === uden mad og drikke duer helten ikke an army marches on its stomach; functioning well requires the fulfillment of basic needs ==== Descendants ==== Norwegian Bokmål: uten mat og drikke duger helten ikke === References ===