Soon fire, soon ashes.
More Dutch Proverbs:
A kiss without a beard is like an egg without salt.Dutch
Who weds a sot to get his cot, will lose the cot and keep the sot.
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Who weds a sot to get his cot, will lose the cot and keep the sot.
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Take nothing in hand that may bring repentance.
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He covers me with his wings, and bites me with his bill.
Dutch
Tis well that wicked cows have short horns.
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