Thistles and thorns prick sore, but evil tongues prick even more.
More Dutch Proverbs:
If fools ate no bread, corn would be cheap.Dutch
Every man his own is not too much.
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Wise rats run from a falling house.
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After rain comes sunshine.
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A man must eat, though every tree were a gallows.
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The heart does not lie.
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