It is better to ride for half a year on a good horse than to spend your entire life riding on a mule.
More Dutch Proverbs:
The words are fair, said the wolf, but I will not come into the village.Dutch
He earns a farthing and has a penn'orth of thirst.
Dutch
The less said the sooner mended.
Dutch
Ill tidings come soon enough.
Dutch
Give at first asking what you safely can; 'tis certain gain to help an honest man.
Dutch
Who weds a sot to get his cot, will lose the cot and keep the sot.
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