Dutch, German Proverbs, Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
56 Dutch, German Proverbs
Hearsay is half lies.
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Heaven preserve me from my friends!
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Heaven protects children, sailors, and drunken men.
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Heaviness may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
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It is a bad well into which one must put water.
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It is hard to teach old dogs to bark.
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Little pots soon run over.
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Live and let live.
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Many hounds are the death of the hare.
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Necessity breaks iron.
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Once a thief, always a thief.
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Once a whore, always a whore.
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Once bit, twice shy.
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One beats the bush, and another catches the bird.
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One crow does not make a winter.
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One crow does not peck out another's eyes.
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Penny wise, and pound foolish.
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Promising is one thing, performing another.
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The beadle's cow may graze in the churchyard.
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The nearer the bone, the sweeter the flesh.
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The young may die, the old must die.
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Time and place make the thief.
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Time brings roses.
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To-day for money, to-morrow for nothing.
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To-day red, to-morrow dead.
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