A smart coat is a good letter of introduction.
—Dutch Proverb
Sooner or later the truth comes to light.
—Dutch Proverb
All beginnings are hard, said the thief, and began by stealing an anvil.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Beginning
All are not friends who smile on you.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Smile
In the division of inheritance, friendship stands still.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Inheritance
The tree of revenge does not carry fruit
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Revenge
Wisdom in the man, patience in the wife, brings peace to the house and a happy life.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Peace
Who knows the language is at home everywhere.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Home
No one can have peace longer than his neighbor pleases.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Peace
What a man says drunk he has thought sober.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Alcohol
After great droughts come great rains.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Rain
When I go to bed, I leave my troubles in my clothes.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Trouble
He who is outside the door has already a good part of his journey behind him.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Procrastination, Part of The Whole, Travel, Journeys, Inaction, Getting Going
It’s good to watch the rain from a dry standpoint.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Rain
They who fight with golden weapons are pretty sure to prove they are right.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Fighting
A daily guest is a great thief in the kitchen.
—Dutch Proverb
Time destroys all things.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Bad Times
Who enters my house as a friend will never be too early, always too late.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Friendship
Reward sweetens labor.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Labor
The end of passion is the beginning of repentance.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Beginning
There are no better masters than poverty and wants.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Desire, Desires
After honor and state follow envy and hate.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Jealousy
From small beginning come great things.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Beginning
It is better to ride for half a year on a good horse than to spend your entire life riding on a mule.
—Dutch Proverb
Better a slap from your friend than a kiss from your enemy.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Enemies
He that has the luck leads the bride to church.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Luck
Promises make debt, and debt makes promises.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Promises, Debt
Whoever gossips about his relatives has no luck and no blessing.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Blessings
By labor fire is got out of stone.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Labor
Roses fall, but the thorns remain.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Flowers
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