What is long spoken of happens at last.
More Dutch Proverbs:
Marry in haste and repent at leisure.
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Even hares pull a lion by the beard when he is dead.
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He who would cheat a peasant, must take one with him.
Dutch
The boor looks after a cent as the devil after a soul.
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He is as welcome as the first day in Lent. (Alluding to fastday.)
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