A ship on the beach is a lighthouse to the sea.
—Dutch Proverb
To marry once is a duty, twice a folly, and three times… madness.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Madness
When the husband earns well, the wife spends well.
—Dutch Proverb
They who fight with golden weapons are pretty sure to prove they are right.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Fighting
Hearsay is half lies.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Lies
Who enters my house as a friend will never be too early, always too late.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Friendship
Bear patiently that which you suffer by your own fault.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Patience
By labor fire is got out of stone.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Labor
He that has a choice has trouble.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Decisions, Choices
The eyes are bigger than the belly.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Eyes
Who knows the language is at home everywhere.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Home
Wisdom is a good purchase, though we pay dearly for it.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Wisdom
A daily guest is a great thief in the kitchen.
—Dutch Proverb
Honesty is the soul of business
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Honesty
In the division of inheritance, friendship stands still.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Inheritance
The heart does not lie.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Heart
Wisdom in the man, patience in the wife, brings peace to the house and a happy life.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Peace
All beginnings are hard, said the thief, and began by stealing an anvil.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Beginning
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Patience
What is wrong today won’t be right tomorrow.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Right, Tomorrow
Whoever gossips about his relatives has no luck and no blessing.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Blessings
All are not friends who smile on you.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Smile
What a man says drunk he has thought sober.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Alcohol
After honor and state follow envy and hate.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Jealousy
From small beginning come great things.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Beginning
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
The tree of revenge does not carry fruit
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Revenge, Proverbs
After great droughts come great rains.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: Rain
When the head is sick the whole body is sick.
—Dutch Proverb
Topics: The Body