Sickness comes on horseback, but goes away on foot.
More Dutch Proverbs:
The art is not in making money, but in keeping it.Dutch
He wants to fly before he has wings.
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Who spits against the wind, fouls his beard.
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The worse the wheel, the more it creaks.
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Nothing so bad but it might have been worse.
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He that chases another does not sit still himself.
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