A man must eat, though every tree were a gallows.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about man
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The candle that goes before gives the best light.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about light
He who burns his posteriors must sit on blisters.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
Just toss it in my hat and I'll sort it tomorrow.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
Misfortunes, when asleep, are not to be awakened.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
Take a horse by his bridle and a man by his word.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about word, man
The fox never fares better than when he's bann'd.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
Who wants fire, let him look for it in the ashes.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about fire, fire brigade
A wolf hankers after sheep even at his last gasp.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
Arms, women, and books should be looked at daily.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about books
Give him your finger and he will seize your hand.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
He is too stupid to be trusted alone by the fire.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about fire, fire brigade
He has a ton of knowledge, but the bottom is out.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about knowledge
I may go over my reckoning, but not over my time.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about time
An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
Wise men sue for offices, and blockheads get them.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about man
Counsel is irksome when the matter is past remedy.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about moral, past
Where the bee sucks honey the spider sucks poison.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
'Twixt the spoon and the lip, the morsel may slip.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
He that's born to be hanged will never be drowned.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
