Voor stroom en wind is goed zeilen.It is good sailing with wind and tide.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesIt is good sailing with wind and tide.
Tradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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- Henry G. Bohn · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (1857) · DUTCH PROVERBS · paragrafo 892 · «Voor stroom en wind is goed zeilen.»
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