Als niet komt tot iet, zo kent het zich zelf niet.When nought comes to aught, it does not know itself.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWhen nought comes to aught, it does not know itself.
Tradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Work and sources
- Henry G. Bohn · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (1857) · DUTCH PROVERBS · paragrafo 59 · «Als niet komt tot iet, zo kent het zich zelf niet.»
Matching text in a source is not a philological review. AI translations are labeled as such.
More sayings by this author
Schoenmaker, blijf bij u leest.Shoemaker, stick to your last.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVoor 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 sourcesDek toe den pot, daar is aal in.Cover up the pot, there’s an eel in it.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDer bedelaren hand is eene bodemlooze mand.A beggar’s hand is a bottomless basket.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources