Dutch Proverbs (1219 Proverbs)
- Fools ask what's o'clock, but wise men know their time.
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- Even hares pull a lion by the beard when he is dead.
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- Caution is the parent of delicate beer glasses.
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- Better on the heath with an old cart that at sea in a new ship.
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- As you began the dance you may pay the piper.
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- All women are good Lutherans -- they would rather preach than hear mass.
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- A smart coat is a good letter of introduction.
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- A hundred men can make an encampment, but it requires a woman to make a home.
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- A fool and his money are soon parted.
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- No one so sure but he may miss.
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- Many seek good nights and waste good days.
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- It's no crime to steal from a thief.
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- It is ill sitting at Rome and striving with the Pope.
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- It is easier to make a lady of a peasant girl than a peasant girl of a lady.
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- If one, two and three say you are an ass, put on the ears.
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- He would be wise who knew all things beforehand.
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- He who giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord.
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- He that will have fire must bear with smoke.
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- He that hath no honey in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
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- He runs as fast as if he had eggs in his shoes.
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- He is as easily caught as a hare with drums.
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- Great greediness to reap, helps not the money-heap.
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- Geese are plucked as long as they have any feathers.
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- Fools ask questions that wise men cannot answer.
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- Escaping from the smoke he falls into the fire.
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- Caress your dog, and he'll spoil your clothes.
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- Better lose your labour than your time in idleness.
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- As ass does not hit himself twice against the same stone.
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- All my goods are of silver and gold, even my copper kettle, says the boaster.
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- A single day grants what a whole hear denies.
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- A hundred bakers, a hundred millers, and a hundred tailors are three hundred thieves.
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- A dog with a bone knows no friends.
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- No one is wise in his own affairs.
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- Many open a door to shut a window.
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- It's ill speaking between a full man and a fasting.
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- It is ill sailing against wind and tide.
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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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- If he waits long enough the world will be his own.
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- He who would travel through the land, must go with open purse in hand.
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- He who dies not in his twenty-third year, drowns not in his twenty-fourth, and is not slain in his twenty-fifth, may boast of good days.
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- He that will have eggs, must bear with cackling.
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- He that hath many irons in the fire, some of them will cool.
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- He must shoot well who always hits the mark.
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- He invites future injuries who rewards past ones.
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- Great gaps may be filled with small stones.
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- Full bottles and glasses make swearers and asses.
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- Don't overstrain your bow -- it may break.
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- Eat bread that's light, and cheese by weight.
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- By slow degrees the bird builds his nest.
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- Better have a dog for your friend than your enemy.
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- Arms, women, and books should be looked at daily.
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- All is well, for if the bride has not fair hair, she has a fair skin.
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- A ship on the beach is a lighthouse to the sea.
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- A house full of daughters is a cellar full of sour beer.
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- A daily guest is a great thief in the kitchen.
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- No one can have peace longer than his neighbor pleases.
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- Many hounds mean the death of the hare.
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- It's hard to catch hawks with empty hands.
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- It is hard to teach old dogs to bark.
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- It is better to blow than burn your mouth.
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- If fools ate no bread, corn would be cheap.
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- He who would gather roses must not fear thorns.
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- He who burns his posteriors must sit on blisters.
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- He that will cheat at play, will cheat you any way.
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- He that hath been bitten by a serpent is afraid of a rope.
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- He must rise betimes who would please everybody.
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- He howls with the wolves, and bleats with the sheep.
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- Great cry and little wool, quoth the devil, when he sheared his hogs.
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- From the father comes honour, from the mother comfort.
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- Folly hath eagle's wings, but the eyes of an owl.
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- Don't cry herrings till they are in the net.
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- By labour fire is got out of a stone.
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- Better be carried by an ass than thrown by a horse.
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- An ox and an ass don't yoke well to the same plough.
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- All do not bite that show their teeth.
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- A runaway monk never speaks well of his convent.
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- A horse may stumble, though he has four feet.
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- A cow-year, a sad year; a bull-year, a glad year.
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- No office so humble but it is better than nothing.
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- Love others well, but love thyself the most; give good for good, but not to thine own cost.
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