The strength of a tree lies in its roots — not in its branches.
More Dutch Proverbs:
Who goes fasting to bed will sleep but lightly.Dutch
The eyes are bigger than the belly.
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To hang your sickle on another man's corn.
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It is hard to swim against the current.
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He is as good a divine as Judas was an apostle.
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He is as good a divine as Judas was an apostle.
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