He who slanders his neighbor makes a rod for his own back.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
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In the division of inheritance, friendship standeth still.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about friendship
An egg is an egg, said the boor, and took the goose's egg.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
He that hath a head of butter must not come near the oven.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about heads
He that hath been bitten by a serpent is afraid of a rope.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
When gnats swarm in January, the peasant becomes a beggar.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about peasantry
Who writes love letters grows thin; who carries them, fat.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about love
Let me get over the lake, and I have no fear of the brook.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about fear
One penny in the pot makes more noise than when it is full.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
Nobility of soul is more honourable than nobility of birth.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about soul
Pastors come for your wine and officers for your daughters.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about wine
He that saves something today will have something tomorrow.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
Who buys wants a hundred eyes, who sells need have but one.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about need, eyes
Better a slap from your friend than a kiss from your enemy.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about kiss, enemies
The less wit a man has, the less he knows that he wants it.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about man
Don't throw away your own shoes till you have got new ones.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about contentment
He studies the Bible of fifty-two leaves (a pack of cards).
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
It is a grief to one beggar that another stands at the door.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about sadness
An envious man waxes lean with the fatness of his neighbour.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about man
Where the dike (or dam) is lowest the water first runs over.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about water
