God verkoopt wetenschap voor arbeid, eere voor gevaar.God sells knowledge for labour, honour for risk.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Niemand kan langer vrede hebben dan zijn buurman wil.No one can have peace longer than his neighbour pleases.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSchande duurt langer dan armoede.Shame lasts longer than poverty.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEen vrolijke weerd maakt vrolijke gasten.A merry host makes merry guests.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGods water over Gods akker laten loopen.Let God’s waters run over God’s acres.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEene zwaluw maakt geen zomer.One swallow does not make a summer.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe splinten in eens anders oog zien en de balk in zijn eigen niet.To peer out the mote in another’s eye and not the beam in your own.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesElk het zijne, is niet te veel.Every man his own is not too much.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe eene dienst is den anderen waard.One good turn deserves another.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGeen oude schoenen verwerpen eer men nieuwen heeft.Don’t throw away your old shoes till you have got new ones.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMet onwillige honden is kwaad hazen vangen.It is hard to catch hares with unwilling hounds.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesZwijgen antwoordt veel.Silence answers much.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesRoep geen hei, voor gij over de brug zijt.Don’t cry holloa! till you’re over the bridge.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHij is wel edel, die edele werken doet.He is noble who performs noble deeds.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTusschen twee stoelen valt de aars op de aarde.Between two stools the breech cometh to the ground.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesViel den hemel, daar en bleef geen aarden pot heel.Were the sky to fall, not an earthen pot would be left whole.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAan den verstandigen is een woord genoeg.A word is enough to the wise.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe waarheid is eene dochter van den tijd.Truth is the daughter of time.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEen eij geeven om een’ os te bekomen.To give an egg to get an ox.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHet einde van de vrolijkheid is het begin van de treurigheid.The end of mirth is the beginning of sorrow.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIn een arm mans hoofd blijft veel wijsheid versmoort.Much wisdom is smothered in a poor man’s head.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDaar vloog nooit vogel zoo hoog, of hij moet zijn kost op de aarde zoeken.Bird never flew so high but it had to come to the ground for food.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMet tijd en stroo rijpen de mispelen.Time and straw make medlars ripe.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBij nacht zijn alle katten graauw.By night all cats are grey.
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