A beggar’s hand is a bottomless basket.
More Dutch Proverbs:
When Want comes in at the door, Love flies out at the window.Dutch
Soon fire, soon ashes.
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Smoke, stench, and a troublesome wife are what drive men from home.
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The fox may lose his hair, but not his cunning.
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A miser's money takes the place of wisdom.
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A hundred men can make an encampment, but it requires a woman to make a home.
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