Een verlopen monnik zeide nooit goed van zijn convent.A runaway monk never speaks well of his convent.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuotations by Tradizione olandese
910 sayings with source references.
Hooren zeggen is half gelogen.Hearsay is half lies.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGoeden dag u allen! zei de vos, en hij kwam in het ganzenhok.Good day to you all! said the fox, when he got into the goose-pen.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesIk mag over mijn rekening gaan, maar niet over mijn tijd.I may go over my reckoning, but not over my time.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe goede betaler is meester van eens anders beurs.He who pays well is master of another’s purse.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHaastigen spoed is zelden goed.Hasty speed don’t oft succeed.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWanneer dieven kijven bekomen vrome lieden hare goederen.When thieves fall out, honest men come to their goods.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAanhoude doet verkrigen.Perseverance brings success.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesZoo pot, zoo deksel.Like pot, like cover.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe gelegenheid maakt den dief.Opportunity makes the thief.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesRaders zijn geene gelders.Advisers are not givers.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHet komt ten lesten aan den dag, wat in de sneeuw verholen lag.What lay hidden under the snow cometh to light at last.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMen moet de steel de bijl niet na werpen.Don’t throw the handle after the bill.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie de spraak kent, komt overal te regt.Who knows the tongues is at home everywhere.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAls hij lang genoeg wacht, wordt de wereld zijn eigendom.If he waits long enough the world will be his own.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWijst mij een’ leugenaar, en ik wijs u een’ dief.Show me a liar, I’ll show you a thief.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAlle ding heeft een waarom.Everything has a wherefore.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWie loopt, die wordt gejaagd.Who runs is followed.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVeel geschreeuw maar weinig wol, zei de drommel, en hij schoor zijne varkens.Great cry and little wool, quoth the devil, when he sheared his hogs.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHij heeft een goede meening, maar eene kwade uitspraak.He means well, but has a bad way of showing it.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHij zwemt op zijne eigene biezen.He swims on his own bullrush.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie geboren is om te hangen, behoeft geen vrees te hebben van verdrinken.He that’s born to be hanged will never be drowned.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie aan den weg timmert, heeft veel berechts.He that buildeth upon the highway hath many advisers.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBeter alleen dan kwalijk verzelt.Better alone than in bad company.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources