There’s no making a silk purse of a sow’s ear.
More Dutch Proverbs:
Tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.Dutch
Fortune and glass break soon, alas!
Dutch
All offices are greasy.
Dutch
An honest man's word is his bond.
Dutch
He lays his eggs beside his nest.
Dutch
How we apples swim! said the horse-turd.
Dutch