With a friend behind you, you have a safe bridge.
More Dutch Proverbs:
When the mouse has had its fill, the meal turns bitter.Dutch
First a turnip, then a sheep; next a cow, and then the gallows.
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Who has no thirst has no business at the foundation.
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Better afield with the birds than hanging on lords.
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Nothing so bad but it might have been worse.
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An old rat easily finds a hole.
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