He earns a farthing and has a penn'orth of thirst.
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Better one eye-witness than ten hearsay witnesses.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
Between two stools the breech comes to the ground.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
The art is not in making money, but in keeping it.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about art, magic, money
It's good to watch the rain from a dry standpoint.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about rain, good, good luck
Beware of a white Spaniard and a black Englishman.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about magic
What the farmer doesn't recognize, he doesn't eat.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
Reynard is still Reynard, though he put on a cowl.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
Take counsel before it goes ill, lest it go worse.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about moral
It is a bad well that you have to fill with water.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about bad luck, water, bad, contentment
The innkeeper trusts his guests like he is himself.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
They understand one another like thieves in a fair.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about thieves
He would rather have a bumper in hand than a Bible.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
He that would have the kernel must crack the shell.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about heart
A hired horse and one's own spurs make short miles.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
Sickness comes on horseback, but goes away on foot.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
Where the dike is lowest the water first runs over.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about water
He has the Bible on his lips, but not in his heart.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about heart
When the water level decreases, the ice will crack.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about water
