It is hard to swim against the current.
More Dutch Proverbs:
If fools ate no bread, corn would be cheap.Dutch
Wisdom is a good purchase, though we pay dear for it.
Dutch
Men dig their graves with their teeth.
Dutch
Who undertakes too much, succeeds but little.
Dutch
The higher the mountain the lower the valley, the taller the tree the harder the fall.
Dutch
There is no joy without alloy.
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