Proverbs and old sayings Dutch, page 64

1326 proverbs and old sayings dutch

Money isn't everything, but it's way ahead of whatever is in second place.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about money

Were every one to sweep before his own house, every street would be clean.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about home, house

The frog will jump back into the pool, although it sits on a golden stool.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

The generous man enriches himself by giving; the miser hoards himself poor.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about man

Of listening children have your fears, for little pitchers have great ears.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about children

Take off your hat to your yesterdays; take off your coat for your tomorrows.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

The price of a laugh is too high, if it is raised at the expense of another.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

It is easier to make a lady of a peasant-girl than a peasant-girl of a lady.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about peasantry

He did hear the sound of the bell, but doesn't know where the clapper hangs.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

The richest man, whatever his lot, is he who's content with what he has got.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about man

That is beggar's fare, said the dame, when she fried eggs with the sausages.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

When a mouse has fallen into a meal sack, he thinks he is the miller himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

He who is outside his door already has a hard part of his journey behind him.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

He who is outside the door has already a good part of his journey behind him.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about good, good luck

A hundred men can make an encampment, but it requires a woman to make a home.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about home, woman, man

All my goods are of silver and gold, even my copper kettle, says the boaster.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

The richest man, whatever his lot, is he who is content with what he has got.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about man

Were everyone to sweep in front of his own house, every street would be clean.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about home, house

He who is outside his door already has the hard part of his journey behind him.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

I wish that he would sink as deep in the ground as a hare can run in ten years.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about wish