Kleine houwen vellen groote eiken.Little strokes fell great oaks.
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Koopmans goed is ebbe en vloed.Merchants’ goods are ebb and flood.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBeter een blind paard, dan een leege halter.Better a blind horse than an empty halter.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDie heden was een ridder, word morgen wel een bidder.Who to-day was a haughty knight, is to-morrow a pennyless wight.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesRijke lui hebben veel vrienden.The rich have many friends.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAls de buik zat is, is ’t harte vrolijk.When the stomach is full the heart is glad.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMen moet de schapen scheren, maar niet villen.Shear the sheep, but don’t flay them.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGemeen goed, geen goed.Common goods, no goods.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNiet doen, leert kwaad doen.To do nothing teacheth to do evil.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesKwaad gezelschap zei de dief, en hij ging tusschen den beul en eenen monnik naar de galg.”Bad company,” said the thief, as he went to the gallows between the hangman and a monk.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTegen stroom is kwaad zwemmen.It is hard to swim against the stream.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesVoet voor voet gaat men ver.Step by step one goes far.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesVeel hoofden, veel zinnen.Many heads, many minds.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHij heeft eene wolfs-conscientie.He has a wolf-conscience.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is een aristocraat in folio.He is an aristocrat in folio.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesZacht gaan en verre zien.Go softly and look afar.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDie verkoopt hoeft maar een oog, die koopt hoeft er hondert.Who buys wants a hundred eyes, who sells need have but one.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBeter arm te land, dan rijk op zee.Better poor on land than rich at sea.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHoe slimmer wiel, hoe meer het kraakt.The worse the wheel, the more it creaks.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDie niet te raden is, is niet te helpen.He that will not be counselled cannot be helped.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDie het geluk heeft leidt de bruid ter kerk.He that has the luck leads the bride to church.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is de dood in de pot.Death is in the pot.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBeter benijd dan beklaagt.Better be envied than pitied.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe een doet het uit liefde, de ander om eere, de derde om geld.One does it for love, another for honour, a third for money.
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