You cannot make a silk purse from a sow’s ear.
More Dutch Proverbs:
Beware of an oak, it draws the stroke; avoid an ash, it counts the flash; creep under the thorn, it can save you from harm.Dutch
Small gains bring great wealth.
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He that will have no trouble in this world must not be born in it.
Dutch
An old rat easily finds a hole.
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He is as easily caught as a hare with drums.
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Better to be squinting than blind.
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