Dutch Proverbs, Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
976 Dutch Proverbs
Sweep before your own door before you look after your
neighbour's.
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Take a horse by his bridle and a man by his word.
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Take counsel before it goes ill, lest it go worse.
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Take nothing in hand that may bring repentance.
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Take off your hat to your yesterdays; take off your coat for your
tomorrows.
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Talk of the devil and you hear his bones rattle.
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Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
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Talk of the wolf and his tail appears.
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Tall trees catch much wind.
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Tastes differ.
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Tell no one what you would have known only to yourself.
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Tender surgeons make foul wounds.
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That beer's of your own brewing, and you must drink it.
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That is beggar's fare, said the dame, when she fried eggs with
the sausages.
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That is good wisdom which is wisdom in the end.
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That mouse will have a tail (i.e. The thing will have a long
train of consequences).
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That which burns thee not, cool not.
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That's all well and good, but gold is better.
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That's quickly done which is long repented.
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The absent always bear the blame.
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The arms of Bruges: an ass in an arm-chair.
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The art is not in making money, but in keeping it.
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The ass and the driver never think alike.
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The best cause requires a good pleader.
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The best fodder is the mater's eye.
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