Een vos verliest wel zijne haren, maar niet zijne streken.The fox may lose his hair, but not his cunning.
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Die niet oppast ziet zijn geld niet wassen.Who watches not catches not.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDaar twee kijven hebben ze beiden schuld.When two quarrel both are in the wrong.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDen behoeftige is de schaamte onnut.Bashfulness is of no use to the needy.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesVan kleine dingen komt dikwijls groote hinder.From trivial things great contests oft arise.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe zee en de visschen verzwelgen.To swallow both sea and fish.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHannibal is voor de deur.Hannibal is at the gate.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEer gij voort rijd, ziet na de lenzen.Before you mount, look to the girth.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEerst in de boot, keur van riemen.The first in the boat has the choice of oars.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBeter in de vogelen sang dan in ’t ijzeren klang.Better where birds sing than where irons ring.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGroote begeerlijkheid, maakt eenen kleinen hoop.Great greediness to reap, helps not the money-heap.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe eene hand wascht de andere, en beide het aangezigt.One hand washes the other, and both the face.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGeluk en glas breekt even ras.Fortune and glass break soon, alas!
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHet zijn niet alle koks die lange messen dragen.All are not cooks who wear long knives.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHet is kwaad gekken met scherp gereedschap.It’s ill jesting with edged tools.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWat niets en kost en deugd niet.What costs nothing is worth nothing.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesZweegen de dwazen zij waren wijs.Were fools silent they would pass for wise.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBeter buik geborsten, dan goede spijs verloren.Better belly burst than good victuals spoil.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDat gij wilt alleen weten, zeg het niemand.Tell no one what you would have known only to yourself.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWanneer een boom ter aarde zijgt, maakt ieder dat hij takken krijgt.When the tree falls every one runs to cut boughs.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDie een ander jaagt zit zelfs niet stil.He that chases another does not sit still himself.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEen dwaas maakt er veel.One fool makes many.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesKwaad kruid wast wel.Ill weeds grow apace.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHij waar wijs die alle dingen te voren wist.He would be wise who knew all things beforehand.
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