Merchant’s goods are ebb and flood.
More Dutch Proverbs:
He means well, but has a bad way of showing it.Dutch
He that well considers the world, must own he has never seen a better.
Dutch
Small gains bring great wealth.
Dutch
Our time runs on like a stream; first fall the leaves and then the tree.
Dutch
Falling teaches us to walk safely.
Dutch
He who slanders his neighbor makes a rod for his own back.
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