976 Dutch Proverbs
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“Who wants fire, let him look for it in the ashes.”
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“Who wants to beat a dog, soon finds a stick.”
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“Who watches not catches not.”
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“Who weds a sot to get his cot, will lose the cot and keep the
sot.”
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“Who would regard all things complacently must wick at a great
many.”
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“Whoso hunteth with cats will catch nothing but rats.”
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“Whoso is tired of happy days, let him take a wife.”
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“Wisdom in the man, patience in the wife, brings peace to the
house, and a happy life.”
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“Wisdom is a good purchase, though we pay dear for it.”
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“Wise men sue for offices, and blockheads get them.”
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“Wise rats run from a falling house.”
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“Wishes are the echo of a lazy will.”
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“With a good name one may easily sin.”
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“With honour and store, what would you more.”
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“With the good we become good.”
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“Woods have ears and fields have eyes.”
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“Worldly good is ebb and flood.”
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“You never know how a cow catches a rabbit.”
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“You never know what you can do till you try.”
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“You've got to stare the cat down out of the tree.”
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“Young cats will mouse, young apes will louse.”
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“Young folk, silly folk; old folk, cold folk.”
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“Young folks think old folks to be fools, but old folks know young
folks to be fools.”
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“Young fools think that the old are dotards, but the old have
forgotten more than the young fools know.”
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“Young twigs may be bent, but not old trees.”
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