All beginnings are hard, said the thief, and began by stealing an anvil.
Tradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Alle beginselen zijn zwaar, zei de dief, en voor de eerste maal stal hij een aanbeeld.
All beginnings are hard, said the thief, and began by stealing an anvil.
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