Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch, page 65
1326 proverbs and old sayings dutch
It is too late to lock the stable door when the horses have already been stolen.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
Put your hand in your conscience and see if it don't come out as black as pitch.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about conscience, magic
A usurer, a miller, a banker, and a publican, are the four evangelists of Lucifer.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about bankers
Rejoice in little, shun what is extreme; the ship rides safest in a little stream.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
More flies are caught with a spoonful of syrup than with a barrel full of vinegar.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
The rich devour the poor, and the devil devours the rich and so both are devoured.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about wealth, devil
Give at first asking what you safely can; 'tis certain gain to help an honest man.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about help, man
Put your hand in your conscience and see if it does not come out as black as pitch.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about conscience, magic
He that hears much and speaks not at all Shall be welcome both in bower and hall.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
That mouse will have a tail (i.e. The thing will have a long train of consequences).
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about consequences, trains, things
Young folks think old folks to be fools, but old folks know young folks to be fools.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about old, olderness
Cold broth hot again, that loved I never; Old love renew'd again, that loved I ever.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about love, old, olderness
The higher the mountain the lower the vale, the taller the tree the harder the fall.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about fall
He is of the race of Johnny Van Cleeve; who would always much rather have than give.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
Forbear a quarrel with a friend to move: anger breeds hatred; concord sweetens love.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about concord, anger, love
The first occasion offered quickly take, lest thou repine at what thou didst forsake.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
A hundred bakers, a hundred millers, and a hundred tailors are three hundred thieves.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about thieves
Wisdom in the man, patience in the wife, brings peace to the house, and a happy life.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about patience, happiness, peace, wisdom, wife, life, home, house, man
Bite me not, my name is little grizzle; had I a little tail I should be a little lion.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about name
