A little pot boils easily.
More Dutch Proverbs:
Even hares pull a lion by the beard when he is dead.Dutch
Better when birds sing than where irons ring.
Dutch
Cold broth hot again, that loved I never; Old love renew'd again, that loved I ever.
Dutch
Stroke your dog, and he'll spoil your clothes.
Dutch
Who knows the tongues is at home everywhere.
Dutch
He that abideth low cannot fall hard.
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