Proverbs and old sayings, page 688

43575 proverbs and old sayings

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

Covetousness is always filling a bottomless vessel.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

When the wine is in the man, the wit is in the can.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about wine, man

Cream doesn't rise to the top, it works its way up.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

One take-this, is better than two thou-shalt-haves.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Heaven protects children, sailors, and drunken men.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about children, man

Know what you say, but don't say all that you know.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about contentment

Better lose your labour than your time in idleness.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about time

Great greediness to reap, helps not the money-heap.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about money

There are no better masters than poverty and wants.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about poverty

Skill and assurance form an invincible combination.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Skill and assurance make an invincible combination.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Better afield with the birds than hanging on lords.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

It is good to go afoot when one is tired of riding.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about good, good luck

For the concert of life, no one receives a program.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about life

It's ill speaking between a full man and a fasting.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about fasting, man