He that abideth low cannot fall hard.
More Dutch Proverbs:
He must have crept out of hell while the devil was asleep.Dutch
It is good speaking that improves good silence.
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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.
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Tall trees catch much wind.
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He that will not be counselled cannot be helped.
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In small woods may be caught large hares.
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