Proverbs and old sayings, page 684

43575 proverbs and old sayings

Wasting is a bad habit, saving is a sure income.

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

He that will have eggs, must bear with cackling.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

It is hard to catch hares with unwilling hounds.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about trap

He that is at sea has not the wind in his hands.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

When the cat's away, it is jubilee with the mice.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

An ennobled peasant does not know his own father.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about peasantry

With a friend behind you, you have a safe bridge.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about contentment

Folly hath eagle's wings, but the eyes of an owl.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about eyes

He that can be patient finds his foe at his feet.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

When the tree falls every one runs to cut boughs.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

You've got to stare the cat down out of the tree.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about contentment

A man without money is like a ship without sails.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about money, man

One rotten apple in the basket infects the whole.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Fortune does not stand waiting at any one's door.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about wealth

One beats the bush, and another catches the bird.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

He invites future injuries who rewards past ones.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about future, past

He that lives with wolves, must howl with wolves.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Full bottles and glasses make swearers and asses.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

He buys honey dear who has to lick it off thorns.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

A pennyworth of mirth is worth a pound of sorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about sadness