Better beg than steal.
More Dutch Proverbs:
The worse the wheel, the more it creaks.Dutch
When the cook and the steward fall out, we hear who stole the butter.
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We hang little thieves, and let great ones escape.
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If you pull one pig by the tail all the rest squeak.
Dutch
He is too idle to fetch his breath.
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Good things require time.
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