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| Dutch Proverb - H
Half a word to the wise is enough.Hannibal is at the gate.Hares are not caught with drums.Hasty questions require slow answers.Hasty speed don't oft succeed.He burns the candle at both ends.He buys honey dear who has to lick it off thorns.He cannot lay eggs, but he can cackle.He counts his chickens before they are hatched.He earns a farthing and has a penn'orth of thirst.He fell with his nose in the butter.He gapes like a clown at a fair.He has a ton of knowledge, but the bottom is out.He has a wolf-conscience.He has him under his thumb.He has lost the nest-egg.He has seen the wolf.He has the Bible on his lips, but not in his heart.He heed have plenty of meal who would stop every man's mouth.He howls with the wolves, and bleats with the sheep.He is a man as a book.He is an aristocrat in folio.He is an essence of scoundrels.He is as easily caught as a hare with drums.He is as good a Catholic as Duke Alva's dog; who ate flesh in Lent.He is as good a divine as Judas was an apostle.He is as poor as Job.He is as sharp as a leaden dagger.He is as welcome as the first day in Lent. (Alluding to fastday.)He is no merchant who always gains.He is noble who performs noble deeds.He is of the race of Johnny Van Cleeve; who would always much rather have than give.He is so wise, that he goes upon the ice three days before it freezes.He is too idle to fetch his breath.He is too stupid to be trusted alone by the fire.He keeps his word, as the sun keeps butter.He lays his eggs beside his nest.He lives in the land of promise.He lords it (or swaggers) like an eel in a tub.He means well, but has a bad way of showing it.He measures others by his own standard.He must gape wide who would gape against an oven.He must have crept out of hell while the devil was asleep.He must indeed be a good master who never errs.He must rise betimes who would please everybody.He must shoot well who always hits the mark.He runs as fast as if he had eggs in his shoes.He said devil, but meant you.He struts as valiantly as an English cock.He studies the Bible of fifty-two leaves (a pack of cards).He swims on his own bullrush.He talks like a sausage without the fat.He that abideth low cannot fall hard.He that buildeth upon the highway hath many advisers.He that can be patient finds his foe at his feet.He that chases another does not sit still himself.He that comes unbidden goes unthanked.He that despises the little is not worthy of the great.He that finds something before it is lost, will die before he is sick.He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.He that has a choice has trouble.He that has the devil on his neck must find him work.He that has the luck leads the bride to church.He that hath a head of butter must not come near the oven.He that hath an ill name is half hanged.He that hears much, hears many lies.He that is at sea has not the wind in his hands.He that is bitten by a dog must apply some of its hair.He that is embarked with the devil must sail with him.He that lives with cripples learns to limp.He that lives with wolves, must howl with wolves.He that loves his child chastises him.He that makes himself a sheep will be eaten by the wolf.He that plays at racket must watch the ball.He that spares something to-day will have something to-morrow.He that tickles himself, may laugh when he will.He that well considers the world, must own he has never seen a better.He that will have eggs, must bear with cackling.He that will have fire must bear with smoke.He that will not be counselled cannot be helped.He that's born to be hanged will never be drowned.He thinks to catch shell-fish in the trees.He waits long that waits for another main's death.He wants to fly before he has wings.He wants to learn how to shave using my beard.He was born upon St. Galtpert's night, three days before luck.He who burns his posteriors must sit on blisters.He who dies not in his twenty-third year, drowns not in his twenty-fourth, and is not slain in his twenty-fifth, may boast of good days.He who giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord.He who goes to bed with dogs will get up with fleas.He who hunts two hares at once, catches neither.He who is afraid of leaves must not go into the wood.He who is outside his door already has a hard part of his journey behind him.He who is surety for another, pays for him.He who makes himself honey will be eaten by the bees.He who mixes himself with the draff will be eaten by the swine.He who plants fruit-trees, must not count upon the fruit.He who slanders his neighbour makes a rod for himself.He who undertakes too much seldom succeeds.He who would catch a rogue must watch behind the door.He who would gather honey must brave the sting of bees.He who would gather roses, must not fear thorns.He who would travel through the land, must go with open purse in hand.He would be wise who knew all things beforehand.He would bite a cent in two.He would rather have a bumper in hand than a Bible.He wriggles like an ell.Heavy purses and light hearts can sustain much.Hens like to lay when they see an egg.Herring in the land, the doctor at a stand.High trees give more shadow than fruit.Hired horses make short miles.His money takes the place of wisdom.Honour once lost never returns.How we apples swim! said the horse-turd.Hunger eats through stone walls.Hungry flies bite sore. |
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