910 sayings with source references.
Gierigheid is niet verzadigd voor zij den mond vol aarde heeft.Covetousness is never satisfied till its mouth is filled with earth.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMen moet leven en laten leven.Live, and let live.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie een hoofd van boter heeft moet bij geen’ oven komen.He that hath a head of butter must not come near the oven.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen verloren, twee gevonden.One lost, two found.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe dood kent geen’ almanak.Death keeps no almanack.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHij blijft bij zijn woord, als de zon bij de boter.He keeps his word, as the sun keeps butter.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGeld beheert de wereld.Money rules the world.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVoor dag uit, voor nacht in.Out before day, in before night.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesOost, west, t’huis best.East or west, home is best.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGeen ding met der haast dan vlooijen te vangen.Nothing in haste but catching fleas.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGeweld is geen regt.Might is not right.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVroeg of laat komt de waarheid aan den dag.Sooner or later the truth comes to light.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is kwaad bij duister eene speld te vinden.It is hard to find a pin in the dark.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMen komt niet lagchende in den Hemel.Men go not laughing to heaven.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWapenen, vrouwen, en boeken, behoeven dagelijksche behandeling.Arms, women, and books should be looked at daily.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen jong ooi en een onde ram, daar komt jaarlijks een lam van.A young ewe and an old ram, every year bring forth a lamb.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHij heeft eene ton vol kennis, maar de bodem is er uit.He has a ton of knowledge, but the bottom is out.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWat in ’t gebeente gegroeid is, wil uit het vleesch niet.What is bred in the bone won’t out of the flesh.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie met honden te bed gaat, staat met vlooijen weder op.He who goes to bed with dogs will get up with fleas.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVan kleine beginselen komt men tot groote zaken.From small beginnings come great things.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe eerambten veranderen de zeden.Honours change manners.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesZoo gij een gek de vingers bied, ’t is vreemd neemt hij de vuisten niet.Offer a clown your finger, and he’ll take your fist.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesElk een zie zichzelven, zoo gaat er niemandt verloren.Let every one look to himself, and no one will be lost.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEen hond aan een been kent geene vrienden.A dog with a bone knows no friend.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources