Verstandigen staan naar ampten en de dom-ooren krijgen ze.Wise men sue for offices, and blockheads get them.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWise men sue for offices, and blockheads get them.
Tradizione olandese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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- Henry G. Bohn · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (1857) · DUTCH PROVERBS · paragrafo 885 · «Verstandigen staan naar ampten en de dom-ooren krijgen ze.»
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