Beter laat dan nooit.Better late than never.
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Waar men vruchtboomen zet valt niet op vruchten te rekenen.He who plants fruit-trees, must not count upon the fruit.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMet vollen mond is ’t kwaad blazen.It is hard to blow with a full mouth.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLuiheid is de aanvang van alle ondeugd.Sloth is the beginning of vice.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is een kwade wel daar men water in draagt.It is a bad well into which one must put water.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesKoffij heeft twee deugden, ze is warm en nat.Coffee has two virtues, it is wet and warm.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesZijn geld bekleed bij hem de plaats van wijsheid.His money takes the place of wisdom.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHooge boomen vangen veel wind.Tall trees catch much wind.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGeeft hem een talie, en hij zal een el nemen.Give him an inch and he’ll take an ell.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDat te zwaar is, laat liggen.Let lie what is too heavy to lift.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe muuren hebben ooren.Walls have ears.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEen dagelijksche gast is een groote dief in de keuken.A daily guest is a great thief in the kitchen.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNiemand is wijs in zijn eigen zaak.No one is wise in his own affairs.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBloemen zijn geen vruchten.Blossoms are not fruits.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHij koopt den honig wel duur, die ze van de doornen moet lekken.He buys honey dear who has to lick it off thorns.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe beste mest op den akker is des meesters oog en voet.The master’s eye and foot are the best manure for the field.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBoomen die men veel verplant gedijen zelden.Trees often transplanted seldom prosper.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDie jaagt met katten, en vangt maar ratten.Whoso hunteth with cats will catch nothing but rats.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDen rook ontvlugtende valt hij in ’t vuur.Escaping from the smoke he falls into the fire.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTwee appelen met éénen stok afwerpen.To bring down two apples with one stick.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEen goed vriend is beter dan zilver en goud.A good friend is better than silver and gold.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEen vriend achter den rug is eene vaste brug.A friend at one’s back is a safe bridge.
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