The fly flutters about the candle till at last it gets burnt.
More Dutch Proverbs:
When the cook and the steward fall out, we hear who stole the butter.Dutch
Before you mount, look to the girth.
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It is a grief to one beggar that another stands at the door.
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Ill tidings come soon enough.
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Measure twice, cut once.
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Strain not your bow beyond its bent, lest it break.
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