Die te veel onderneemt, slaagt zelden.Who undertakes too much, succeeds but little.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Die wil wandlen achter land, neme vrij zijn beurs ter hand.He who would travel through the land, must go with open purse in hand.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAlle beginselen zijn zwaar, zei de dief, en voor de eerste maal stal hij een aanbeeld.All beginnings are hard, said the thief, and began by stealing an anvil.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesTijd gewonnen, veel gewonnen.Time gained, much gained.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHij telt zijne kiekens, eer de eijers gelegd zijn.He counts his chickens before they are hatched.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIn kleine bosschen vangt men wel een’ grooten haas.In small woods may be caught large hares.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWie pepers te veel heeft die pepert zijne boonen.Who has plenty of pepper may pepper his beans.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesRust maakt roest.Rest makes rusty.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWie zich onder den draf mengt, dien eten de zwijnen.He who mixes himself with the draff will be eaten by the swine.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen goed begin is half voltooid.Well begun is half done.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOngelijke paarden trekken kwalijk.Ill-matched horses draw badly.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is een vette vogel die hem zelf bedruipt.’Tis a fat bird that bastes itself.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesArenden brengen geene duiven voort.Eagles don’t breed doves.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe kleederen maken den man.Clothes make the man.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIemand met gelijke munt betalen.To pay one in his own coin.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe liefde begint eerst met zich zelven.Charity begins at home.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNieuwe bezems vegen schoon.New brooms sweep clean.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHaast verkwist.Haste makes waste.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDen slapende wolven loopt geen schaap in den mond.No sheep runs into the mouth of a sleeping wolf.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGroote dieven hangen de kleine.Great thieves hang little thieves.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNa het zuure komt het zoet.After the sour comes the sweet.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesToen Adam spitte en Eva span, waar vond men toen den edelman?When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAlle baat helpt.Every little helps.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTe veel van een ding is nergens nut toe.Too much of one thing is good for nothing.
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