When we least expect it, the hare darts out of the ditch.
More Dutch Proverbs:
The fox never fares better than when he's bann'd.Dutch
Fortune does not stand waiting at any one's door.
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Honour once lost never returns.
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Roses fall, but the thorns remain.
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It is better to ride for half a year on a good horse than to spend your entire life riding on a mule.
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That is beggar's fare, said the dame, when she fried eggs with the sausages.
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