Big fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite them, and little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum.
More Dutch Proverbs:
High trees give more shadow than fruit.Dutch
No sheep runs into the mouth of a sleeping wolf.
Dutch
Ride on, but look before you.
Dutch
Who has many servants has many thieves.
Dutch
The seeds of the day are best planted in the first hour.
Dutch
He that can reply to an angry man is too hard for him.
Dutch