Whoever gossips about his relatives has no luck and no blessing.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about bad luck, good luck
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He that would make a golden gate, must bring a nail to it daily.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
The trade of thick-headed Michael: eating, drinking, and idling.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about drinking, commerce
Travel east or travel west, a man's own house is still the best.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about home, house, man
The strength of a tree lies in its roots -- not in its branches.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
More flies are taken with a drop of honey than a tun of vinegar.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
Heaviness may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about joy, night
Deep swimmers and high climbers usually don't die in their beds.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about death
Who to-day was a haughty knight, is to-morrow a pennyless wight.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about proudness, day
Of hasty counsel take good heed, for haste is very rarely speed.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about speed, moral, good, good luck
Never was hood so holy but the devil could get his head into it.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about devil, heads
One quill is better in the hand than seven geese upon the strand.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
He that pryeth into the clouds, may be struck with a thunderbolt.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
He is as welcome as the first day in Lent. (Alluding to fastday. )
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about day
The grapes are sour, said the fox, when he could not get at them.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
In the courtroom of the conscience, a case is always in progress.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about progress, conscience
It's good to be off wi' the old love Before ye be on wi' the new.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about love, good, good luck, old, olderness
Where poverty comes in at the door, loves flies out at the window.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about poverty
Bird never flew so high but it had to come to the ground for food.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about food
When the devil gets into the church he seats himself on the altar.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about devil
