Better squinting than blind.
More Dutch Proverbs:
He who dies not in his twenty-third year, drowns not in his twenty-fourth, and is not slain in his twenty-fifth, may boast of good days.Dutch
Great cry and little wool, quoth the devil, when he sheared his hogs.
Dutch
A ship on the beach is a lighthouse to the sea.
Dutch
When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?
Dutch
Take off your hat to your yesterdays; take off your coat for your tomorrows.
Dutch
He who burns his posteriors must sit on blisters.
Dutch