Men moet den Keizer geven het geen des Keizers is.Render unto Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s.
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Alle ding is wel: heeft de bruel geen geel haer, zij heeft een geel vel.All is well: for if the bride has not fair hair, she has a fair skin.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is goedt dansen op een ander mans vloer.It’s good dancing on another man’s floor.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHij is te dom, om alleen bij het vuur te zitten.He is too stupid to be trusted alone by the fire.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOp haastige vragen dient traag geantwoord.Hasty questions require slow answers.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEen once geduld is meer dan een pond verstand.An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe kaars die voor gaat die licht best.The candle that goes before gives the best light.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHij leeft in het land van belofte.He lives in the land of promise.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSmeed het ijzer terwijl het heet is.Strike whilst the iron is hot.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIn voorspoed denkt op tegenspoed.In prosperity think of adversity.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWeinig gezegd is haast verbeterd.The less said the sooner mended.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDie jocken wils, moet jocken verstaan, ’t is anders beter ongedaan.He that would jest must take a jest, else to let it alone were best.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIk heb een mond die geve ik te eten, die moet spreken wat ik wil.I have a mouth which I feed, it must speak what I please.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDrie vrouwen en eene gans maken eene markt.Three women and a goose make a market.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSteek de hand in de conscientie, en zie of ze er niet pik zwaart weder uitkomt.Put your hand in your conscience and see if it don’t come out as black as pitch.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesVeel geschreeuws, en luttel wol.Great cry and little wool.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGeen rijker man in alle steden, dan die met ’tzijne is te vreden.The richest man, whatever his lot, is he who’s content with what he has got.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEen huis van leem, een paard van gras, een vriend van mond, ’t is al maar glas.A plaster house, a horse at grass, a friend in words, are all mere glass.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBrood bij de ligt, kaas bij de wigt.Eat bread that’s light, and cheese by weight.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHet hangt aan een zijden draadje.It hangs upon a silken thread.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHij loopt zoo snel, of hij eijeren in zijne schoenen had.He runs as fast as if he had eggs in his shoes.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNood breekt ijzer.Necessity breaks iron.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is kwaad hazen met trommels vangen.It is ill catching hares with drums.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHij moet vroeg op staan die alle man believen wil.He must rise betimes who would please everybody.
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Read the saying and check its sources