Proverbs and old sayings, page 682

43575 proverbs and old sayings

On a small pretence the wolf devours the sheep.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

He that has the luck leads the bride to church.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about bad luck, good luck

What the old ones sing, the young ones whistle.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about old, olderness

It is a bad well into which one must put water.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about bad luck, water, bad

In the land of promise a man may die of hunger.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about promise, hunger, death, man

That is good wisdom which is wisdom in the end.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about wisdom, end, good, good luck

What is bred in the bone won't out of the flesh.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

He would be wise who knew all things beforehand.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about things

No sheep runs into the mouth of a sleeping wolf.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Soon ripe, soon rotten; soon wise, soon foolish.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Stretch your legs no farther than your coverlet.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about patience

The death of one person means bread for another.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about death, people

A praying pirate is definitely a sign of danger.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about danger

Sickness comes on horseback and departs on foot.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

From trivial things great arguments often arise.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about things

Talk of the devil and you hear his bones rattle.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about devil, contentment

Fools ask questions that wise men cannot answer.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about man

With hard work, you can get fire out of a stone.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about work, fire, fire brigade, contentment

Learn who are your friends when you are in need.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about need, contentment