All offices are greasy (i.e. open to receive what the Dutch call smear-money, a term derived from the fee paid for greasing wheels).
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about money
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He who dies not in his twenty-third year, drowns not in his twenty-fourth, and is not slain in his twenty-fifth, may boast of good days.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about day, good, good luck
It is too late to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen.
Proverbs and old sayings
Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.
Proverbs and old sayings about thieves
Hands that give also receive.
Proverbs and old sayings
Some go out to fleece and come back sheared.
Proverbs and old sayings
He who does not go to sea knows not how to pray.
Proverbs and old sayings about pray
When one is helping another, both gain in strength.
Proverbs and old sayings
There can be no true pleasantry without discretion.
Proverbs and old sayings
One never falls but on the side toward which one leans.
Proverbs and old sayings
When the treasure chest is open, even the just man sins.
Proverbs and old sayings about treasure, sin, man
The slanderer kills a thousand times; the assassin but once.
Proverbs and old sayings
The idle remarks of the rich are taken as maxims of wisdom by the poor.
Proverbs and old sayings about wisdom, wealth
The strong forgive, the weak remember.
Proverbs and old sayings Ecuadorian
Anger of the mind is poison to the soul.
Proverbs and old sayings Ecuadorian about soul, anger, mind
It's a fine sermon about fasting when the preacher just had lunch.
Proverbs and old sayings Ecuadorian about fasting
No matter if the child's born with a flat nose, as long as it breathes.
Proverbs and old sayings Ecuadorian about children
The devil's wiser more on account of his age than on account of being the devil.
Proverbs and old sayings Ecuadorian about devil, being, age, olderness
The attempt exceeds the ability of one, not of a multitude.
Proverbs and old sayings about ability
A person looks only on the outside of things; god looks into the very heart.
Proverbs and old sayings about people, things, heart, god
