Dutch Proverbs (1219 Proverbs)
- Gentility, sent to market, will not buy a peck of meal.
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- Fools build houses and wise men live in them.
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- Every day a thread makes a skein in the year.
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- Coffee has two virtues, it's wet and it's warm.
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- Better once in heaven than ten times at the gate.
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- Asses carry the oats and horses eat them.
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- An ape, a priest, and a louse, are three devils in one house.
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- A still sow eats up all the draff.
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- A kiss without a beard is like an egg without salt.
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- A fool by chance may say a wise thing.
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- No sheep runs into the mouth of a sleeping wolf.
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- Men can bear all things except good days.
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- It's pleasant to look on the rain, when one stands dry.
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- It is ill takin' the breeks off a highlandman.
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- It is easier to prevent ill habits than to break them.
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- If thou touchest pitch thou shalt be defiled.
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- He would rather have a bumper in hand than a Bible.
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- He who has no thirst has no business at the fountain.
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- He that will have no trouble in this world must not be born in it.
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- He that hears much and speaks not at all -- shall be welcome both in bower and hall.
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- He studies the Bible of fifty-two leaves (a pack of cards).
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- He is as good a Catholic as Duke Alva's dog; who ate flesh in Lent.
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- Half a word to the wise is enough.
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- Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
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- Fools ask what's o'clock, but wise men know their time.
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- Even hares pull a lion by the beard when he is dead.
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- Caution is the parent of delicate beer glasses.
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- Better on the heath with an old cart that at sea in a new ship.
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- As you began the dance you may pay the piper.
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- All women are good Lutherans -- they would rather preach than hear mass.
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- A smart coat is a good letter of introduction.
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- A hundred men can make an encampment, but it requires a woman to make a home.
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- A fool and his money are soon parted.
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- No one so sure but he may miss.
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- Many seek good nights and waste good days.
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- It's no crime to steal from a thief.
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- It is ill sitting at Rome and striving with the Pope.
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- It is easier to make a lady of a peasant girl than a peasant girl of a lady.
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- If one, two and three say you are an ass, put on the ears.
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- He would be wise who knew all things beforehand.
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- He who giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord.
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- He that will have fire must bear with smoke.
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- He that hath no honey in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
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- He runs as fast as if he had eggs in his shoes.
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- He is as easily caught as a hare with drums.
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- Great greediness to reap, helps not the money-heap.
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- Geese are plucked as long as they have any feathers.
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- Fools ask questions that wise men cannot answer.
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- Escaping from the smoke he falls into the fire.
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- Caress your dog, and he'll spoil your clothes.
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- Better lose your labour than your time in idleness.
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- As ass does not hit himself twice against the same stone.
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- All my goods are of silver and gold, even my copper kettle, says the boaster.
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- A single day grants what a whole hear denies.
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- A hundred bakers, a hundred millers, and a hundred tailors are three hundred thieves.
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- A dog with a bone knows no friends.
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- No one is wise in his own affairs.
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- Many open a door to shut a window.
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- It's ill speaking between a full man and a fasting.
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- It is ill sailing against wind and tide.
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- It is better to ride for half a year on a good horse than to spend your entire life riding on a mule.
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- If he waits long enough the world will be his own.
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- He who would travel through the land, must go with open purse in hand.
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- He who dies not in his twenty-third year, drowns not in his twenty-fourth, and is not slain in his twenty-fifth, may boast of good days.
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- He that will have eggs, must bear with cackling.
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- He that hath many irons in the fire, some of them will cool.
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- He must shoot well who always hits the mark.
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- He invites future injuries who rewards past ones.
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- Great gaps may be filled with small stones.
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- Full bottles and glasses make swearers and asses.
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- Don't overstrain your bow -- it may break.
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- Eat bread that's light, and cheese by weight.
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- By slow degrees the bird builds his nest.
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- Better have a dog for your friend than your enemy.
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- Arms, women, and books should be looked at daily.
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- All is well, for if the bride has not fair hair, she has a fair skin.
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- A ship on the beach is a lighthouse to the sea.
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- A house full of daughters is a cellar full of sour beer.
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- A daily guest is a great thief in the kitchen.
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- No one can have peace longer than his neighbor pleases.
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