He buys honey dear who has to lick it off thorns.
More Dutch Proverbs:
Ill vessels seldom miscarry.Dutch
Sickness comes on horseback, but goes away on foot.
Dutch
Sickness comes on horseback, but goes away on foot.
Dutch
Counsel is irksome when the matter is past remedy.
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Counsel is irksome when the matter is past remedy.
Dutch
When gnats swarm in January, the peasant becomes a beggar.
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