Promises make debts, and debts make promises.
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A good name is better than oil (i.e. riches).
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about wealth, name, good, good luck
'Tis too late to spare when the cask is bare.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
The beadle's cow may graze in the churchyard.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
The first in the boat has the choice of oars.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
Young cats will mouse, young apes will louse.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
From trivial things great contests oft arise.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about things
Who has a bad wife, his hell begins on earth.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about hell, earth, wife, bad luck, bad
A horse may stumble, though he has four feet.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
An hour in the morning is worth two at night.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about night
Eat bread that's light, and cheese by weight.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about light
It's vain to learn wisdom yet live foolishly.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about wisdom
One hand washes the other, and both the face.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about face
That's all well and good, but gold is better.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about good, good luck
A single day grants what a whole hear denies.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about day
A penny saved is better than a florin earned.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
Who serves the public serves a fickle master.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about public
The counterfeit image of a pot with two ears.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
After ebb comes flood, and friends with good.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about good, good luck
