Dutch Proverbs (1219 Proverbs)
- Haste and speed are rarely good.
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- He who undertakes too many things at once seldom does any of them well.
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- Keeping the finger on the wrist.
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- Many seek good nights and lose good days.
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- Putting salt on every snail.
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- Standing with the mouth full of teeth.
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- The pen is mightier than the sword.
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- To get the lid on the nose.
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- A cheeky person owns half the world.
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- An inch too short is as bad as an ell.
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- Care is the mother of the porcelain cabinet.
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- Every little pot has a fitting lid.
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- Hasty speed is rarely good.
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- He whom the shoe fits should put it on.
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- Kicking in an open door.
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- Measure thrice before you cut once.
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- Rowing with the oars you posess.
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- Still waters are deep.
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- The pitcher goes so long to the well that it breaks at last.
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- To hit the nail on the head.
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- A flag on a mud barge.
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- An understanding person needs only half a word.
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- Carrying water to the sea.
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- Everything has an end except God.
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- Having something on your liver.
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- High trees catch lots of wind.
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- Know what you say, but don't say all that you know.
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- Milk the cow, but don't pull off the udder.
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- sell beets/apples as lemons.
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- storm in a glass of water.
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- The purpose sanctifies the means.
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- To make an elephant out of a mosquito.
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- A good deed is worth gold.
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- As stupid as a pig's behind.
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- Casting the iron whilst it is hot.
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- Everything has two handles.
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- Having two left hands.
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- If the rope is weak, pull gently.
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- Knowing of the hat and the brim.
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- Mustard after the meal.
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- Set thy expense according to thy trade.
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- That mouse will have a tail.
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- The richest man, whate'er his lot, is the one content with what he's got.
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- To put the horse behind the cart.
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- Offer a clown your finger, and he'll take your fist.
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- Much wisdom is smothered in a poor man's head.
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- Let lie what is too heavy to lift.
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- It is too late to cry "Hold hard!" when the arrow has left the bow.
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- It is good to go afoot when one is tired of riding.
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- In the company of the good, we become good.
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- Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood.
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- He who pays well is master of another man's purse.
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- He that's long a giving, knows not how to give.
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- He that looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery already with her in his heart.
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- He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.
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- He is too stupid to be trusted alone by the fire.
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- He fell with his nose in the butter.
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- God cures, and the doctor gets the money.
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- Fortune is round; it makes one a king, another a dunghill.
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- Every one is a preacher under the gallows.
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- Covetousness is never satisfied till its mouth is filled with earth.
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- Better when birds sing than where irons ring.
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- Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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- An inch too short is as bad as a yard.
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- A young ewe and an old ram, every year bring forth a lamb.
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- A man without money is like a ship without sails.
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- A friend is better than money in the purse.
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- Of listening children have your fears, for little pitchers have great ears.
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- More flies are taken with a drop of honey than a tun of vinegar.
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- Let every one look to himself, and no one will be lost.
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- It is safest to sail within reach of the shore.
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- It is good speaking that improves good silence.
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- In small woods may be caught large hares.
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- Hew not too high, lest a chip fall in thine eye.
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- He who mixes himself with the draff will be eaten by the swine.
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- He that would please all, and himself too, Undertakes what he cannot do.
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- He that lives with wolves, must howl with wolves.
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- He that chases another does not sit still himself.
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- He is too idle to fetch his breath.
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- He covers me with his wings, and bites me with his bill.
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