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| Dutch Proverb - B
"Bad company," said the thief, as he went to the gallows between the hangman and a monk.Bad egg, bad chick.Bashfulness is of no use to the needy.Bear patiently that which thou sufferest by thine own fault.Beauty is but dross it honesty be lost.Before you make a friend eat a peck of salt with him.Before you mount, look to the girth.Behind every mountain lies a vale.Better a bird in the hand than ten in the air.Better a blind horse than an empty halter.Better a dog fawn on you than bite you.Better a friend than money to spend.Better a leg broken than the neck.Better afield with the birds than hanging on lords.Better be carried by an ass than thrown by a horse.Better beg than steal.Better belly burst than good victuals spoil.Better have a dog for your friend than your enemy.Better keep peace than make peace.Better lose your labour than your time in idleness.Better on the heath with an old cart that at sea in a new ship.Better once in heaven than ten times at the gate.Better one eye-witness than ten hearsay witnesses.Better poor on land that rich at sea.Better poor with honour than rich with shame.Better reap two day too soon than one too late.Better reap two days early than one day late.Better return half way than lose yourself.Better ride a good horse for a year, than an ass all your life.Better squinting than blind.Better stretch your hand than your neck.Better twice remembered than once forgotten.Better when birds sing than where irons ring.Beware of a white Spaniard and a black Englishman.Beware of the man of two faces.Biding makes thriving.Big fish devour the little ones.Big fish spring out of the kettle.Bird never flew so high but it had to come to the ground for food.Bite me not, my name is little grizzle; had I a little tail I should be a little lion.Black hens lays white eggs.Blossoms are not fruits.Borrowing brings care.By falling we earn to go safely.By labour fire is got out of a stone.By slow degrees the bird builds his nest.By the living we bury the dead. |
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