When the cook and the steward fall out, we hear who stole the butter.
More Dutch Proverbs:
If thou touchest pitch thou shalt be defiled.Dutch
Offer a clown your finger, and he'll take your fist.
Dutch
When many shepherds tend the sheep, they but so much the longer sleep.
Dutch
The less said the sooner mended.
Dutch
Ill vessels seldom miscarry.
Dutch
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
Dutch