Who wants fire, let him look for it in the ashes.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about fire, fire brigade
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A wolf hankers after sheep even at his last gasp.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
Arms, women, and books should be looked at daily.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about books
Give him your finger and he will seize your hand.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
He is too stupid to be trusted alone by the fire.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about fire, fire brigade
He has a ton of knowledge, but the bottom is out.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about knowledge
I may go over my reckoning, but not over my time.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about time
An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
Wise men sue for offices, and blockheads get them.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about man
Counsel is irksome when the matter is past remedy.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about moral, past
Where the bee sucks honey the spider sucks poison.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
'Twixt the spoon and the lip, the morsel may slip.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
He that's born to be hanged will never be drowned.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
He that chases another does not sit still himself.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
He who pays well is master of another man's purse.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about man
There's no making a donkey drink against his will.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about drinking
He waits long that waits for another main's death.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about death
The truth is lost when there is too much debating.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about truth
Think before acting and whilst acting still think.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
The end of passion is the beginning of repentance.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about beginning, end
