Proverbs and old sayings Dutch, page 37

1326 proverbs and old sayings dutch

Promising is one thing, performing another.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about things

The worth of a thing Is what it will bring.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about things

He who undertakes too much seldom succeeds.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

He thinks to catch shell-fish in the trees.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about trap, fishing

The tree does not fall at the first stroke.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about fall

Like to like, Jack to Gill, a penny a pair.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

He that lives with cripples learns to limp.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

God sent him meat, but the devil cooked it.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about devil, god

Coffee has two virtues, it is wet and warm.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

When the wolf grows old the crows ride him.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about old, olderness

Young twigs may be bent, but not old trees.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about old, olderness

With honour and store, what would you more.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about stores, honour

He who is surety for another, pays for him.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

That's quickly done which is long repented.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

If fools ate no bread, corn would be cheap.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Were fools silent they would pass for wise.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

After honor and state follow envy and hate.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about state, hate, envy

For a good appetite there is no hard bread.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about good, good luck

You can't shoe a horse while it is running.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Milk the cow, but don't pull off the udder.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch