It is hard to catch hares with unwilling hounds.
More Dutch Proverbs:
Pleasures, while they flatter, sting.Dutch
A daily guest is a great thief in the kitchen.
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Don't cry herrings till they are in the net.
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Bad company, said the thief, as he went to the gallows between the hangman and a monk.
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He that loves his child chastises him.
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Daughters are brittle ware.
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