If the rope is weak, pull gently.
More Dutch Proverbs:
No one knows where another's shoe pinches.Dutch
When the cat sleeps, the mice play.
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A little pot boils easily.
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He that abideth low cannot fall hard.
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What good serve candle and glasses, if the owl does not want to see.
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Who is righteous overmuch is a morsel for the Old One.
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