When gnats swarm in January, the peasant becomes a beggar.
More Dutch Proverbs:
Tell no one what you would have known only to yourself.Dutch
Correction bringeth fruit.
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The devil sits behind the cross.
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Ill weed grows fast.
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An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains.
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Were everyone to sweep in front of his own house, every street would be clean.
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