Wat gij den armen geeft, leent gij den Heer.He who giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Geld doet geweld.Money is power.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNiemand leert als met schade of schande.No man learneth but by pain or shame.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe ziekten komen te paard, en gaan te voet weêr heen.Sickness comes on horseback and departs on foot.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMet de levenden begraaft men de dooden.By the living we bury the dead.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe olie is best in het begin en de honig op het einde, maar in het midden dient de wijn.Oil is best at the beginning, honey at the end, and wine in the middle.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHeden in figuur, morgen in het graf.To-day stately and brave, to-morrow in the grave.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGod zendt hem wel de spijzen, maar de duivel kookt ze.God sent him meat, but the devil cooked it.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHet vloeit als een fontein uit een’ bezemstok.It flows like a fountain from a broomstick.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHij kan geen ei leggen, maar hij kan kakelen.He cannot lay eggs, but he can cackle.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEen enkele bontekraai maakt geen winter.One crow does not make a winter.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWaar de bije honig uit zuigt, zuigt de spin venijn uit.Where the bee sucks honey, the spider sucks poison.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is kwaad kammen daar geen haar is.It’s bad combing where there is no hair.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGrijp de gelegentheit, wanneer ze voor u staat; als ze eens voorbij is, dan begeert gij haar te laat.The first occasion offered quickly take, lest thou repine at what thou didst forsake.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNeem een Brabandsch schaap, een’ Gelderschen os, een Vlaamsch kapoen, en eene Friesche koe.Choose a Brabant sheep, a Guelder ox, a Flemish capon, and a Friezeland cow.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHet einde kroont het werk.The end crowns all.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMenigeen zoekt goede nachten, en verliest goede dagen.Many seek good nights and lose good days.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDaar speelt de duivel mee, zei Saam, vier azen en niet eéne troef.The devil’s in the cards, said Sam, four aces and not a single trump.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDie veel dingen te gelijk doet, doet er zelden een goed.Who undertakes many things at once seldom does anything well.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEr liep geen dolle hond zeven jaar.No mad dog runs seven years.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMen moet zeilen terwijl de wind dient.Men must sail while the wind serveth.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMet arbeyd krijgt men vuur uit den steen.By labour fire is got out of a stone.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is een theologant als Judas een apostel.He is as good a divine as Judas was an apostle.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesZoo gewonnen, zoo geronnen.So got, so gone.
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Read the saying and check its sources