Better a ruined than a lost land.
More Dutch Proverbs:
You never know how a cow catches a rabbit.Dutch
More belongs to dancing than a pair of dancing-shoes.
Dutch
Hannibal is at the gate.
Dutch
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Dutch
When industry goes out of the door, poverty comes in at the window.
Dutch
You never know what you can do till you try.
Dutch