Proverbs and old sayings Dutch, page 44

1326 proverbs and old sayings dutch

Who goes fasting to bed will sleep but lightly.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about fasting, sleep

The worth of a thing is best known by the want.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about things

Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about experience

He that's long a giving, knows not how to give.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Caution is the parent of delicate beer-glasses.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about prudence

Escaping from the smoke he falls into the fire.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about smoke, fire, fire brigade

He lords it (or swaggers) like an eel in a tub.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Who reckons without his host must reckon again.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Coffee has two virtues, it's wet and it's warm.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

One bird in the hand is better than two flying.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

He means well, but has a bad way of showing it.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about bad luck, bad

He counts his chickens before they are hatched.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Who has only one eye must take good care of it.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about good, good luck

He must indeed be a good master who never errs.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about good, good luck

He is as good a divine as Judas was an apostle.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about good, good luck

Heavy purses and light hearts can sustain much.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about light

Far fetched and dear bought is meat for ladies.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about woman

It needs a cunning hand to shave a fool's head.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about heads

He runs as fast as if he had eggs in his shoes.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about fasting