He who wants a new world must first buy the old.
More Dutch Proverbs:
The pot upbraids the kettle that it is black.Dutch
When the cat's away, it is jubilee with the mice.
Dutch
What is bred in the bone won't out of the flesh.
Dutch
More flies are caught with a spoonful of syrup than with a barrel full of vinegar.
Dutch
Great promisers, bad paymasters.
Dutch
It's good to be off wi' the old love, before ye be on wi' the new.
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