More Dutch Proverbs

He who must die, must die in the dark, even though he sells candles... >>

Live together like brothers and do business like strangers... >>

He who would leap far must first take a long run... >>

When we cannot get what we love, we must love what is within our reach... >>

Other Proverbs

The one-eyed man is a king in the country of the blind.... (Spanish) >>

Have you any Spanish? (Meaning, Have you got any money?)... (English) >>

Where God sends babbies he sends penny loaves.... (Spanish) >>

When it rains in August, it rains honey and wine.... (Spanish) >>

What's everybody's business is nobody's business.... (Spanish) >>

Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is often as the rain of spring

- Dutch Proverb