When every one sees that you are a pig, why don't you go into the sty?
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch, page 63
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He that well considers the world, must own he has never seen a better.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about world
He is so wise, that he goes upon the ice three days before it freezes.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about day
He who would travel through the land, must go with open purse in hand.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
He that would jest must take a jest, or else to let it alone were best.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
One penny in the pot (money-box) makes more noise than when it is full.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about money
Oil is best at the beginning, honey at the end, and wine in the middle.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about beginning, wine, end
He who undertakes too many things at once seldom does any of them well.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about things
Barnaby bright, Barnaby bright, the longest day and the shortest night.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about night, day
All beginnings are hard, said the thief, and began by stealing an anvil.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about thieves
The nearest boor is the nearest kinsman when the calf lies in the ditch.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
They who fight with golden weapons are pretty sure to prove their right.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about fight, rightness
He that would please all, and himself too, Undertakes what he cannot do.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
The words are fair, said the wolf, but I will not come into the village.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about word
The friar preached against stealing when he had a pudding in his sleeve.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about thieves
Neither reprove nor flatter thy wife, where any one heareth or seeth it.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about wife
Our time runs on like a stream; first fall the leaves and then the tree.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about fall, time
A wise husband and a patient wife equal a peaceful home and a happy life.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about husband, happiness, home, wife, life
The richest man, whate'er his lot, is the one content with what he's got.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about man
A plaster house, a horse at grass, a friend in words, are all mere glass.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about word, home, house
