More Dutch Proverbs
Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while ...
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He who would leap far must first take a long run...
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Live together like brothers and do business like strangers...
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When we cannot get what we love, we must love what is within our reach...
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Other Proverbs
The poor-houses are filled with the honestest people....
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He may lie boldly who comes from afar....
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The list is worse than the cloth....
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Good fences make good neighbors....
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If the wind will not serve, take to the oars....
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He who must die, must die in the dark, even though he sells candles
- Dutch Proverb