The candle that goes before gives the best light.
More Dutch Proverbs:
Ride on, but look before you.Dutch
It needs a cunning hand to shave a fool's head.
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Men can bear all things except good days.
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It's better that the bakers are on horseback than the doctors.
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Women who are often at the looking-glass seldom spin.
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Death keeps no almanack.
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