Gedwongen liefde vergaat haast.Forced love does not last.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Men kan een ezel tegen zijn wil niet doen drinken.There’s no making a donkey drink against his will.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNa groote droogte komt groote regen.After great droughts come great rains.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSteek uw voeten niet verder dan uw bed reikt.Stretch your legs no farther than your coverlet.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAls niet komt tot iet, zo kent het zich zelf niet.When nought comes to aught, it does not know itself.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHij is een extract van schurken.He is an essence of scoundrels.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNijd krijt van spijt waar eere rijd.Envy crieth of spite where honour rideth.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe stille zeug eet al den draf op.A still sow eats up all the draff.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMen kan beter van eene boerin eene juffrouw maken dan van eene juffrouw eene boerin.It is easier to make a lady of a peasant-girl than a peasant-girl of a lady.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAls de wolf oud wordt regen hem de kraaijen.When the wolf grows old the crows ride him.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesKwaad ei, kwaad kuiken.Bad egg, bad chick.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHij brandt de kaars aan beide einden.He burns the candle at both ends.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDie goede dagen moede is, die neme een wijf.Whoso is tired of happy days, let him take a wife.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBeter ten halve gekeerd dan ten heele gedwaald.Better return half way than lose yourself.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe mensch wikt, maar God beschikt.Man proposes, God disposes.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEen aap blijft een aap, al draagt hij een gouden ring.An ape’s an ape, though he wear a gold ring.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesRaakt een bezeerd paard aan, en hij zal slaan.Touch a galled horse and he’ll wince.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe bosschen hebben ooren, en de velden oogen.Woods have ears and fields have eyes.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAls de muggen in Maart danssen, dat doet het schaap den dood aan.When flies swarm in March, sheep come to their death.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMen moet de ploeg niet voor de paarden spannen.Don’t yoke the plough before the horses.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTegen wind en stroom kan men niet opzeilen.It is ill sailing against wind and tide.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDat is bedelaars kost, zei de vrouw en zij bakte eijeren met metworst.That is beggar’s fare, said the dame, when she fried eggs with the sausages.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHet moet wel een goed meester zijn, die nimmer fouten maakt.He must indeed be a good master who never errs.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDochters moeten wel gezien maar niet gehoord worden.Daughters may be seen but not heard.
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Read the saying and check its sources