Dutch Proverb Quotations

What a farmer does not know, he won't eat.

Life is a gift, but you do not get it for free

Many think they know, few know to think.

One should take the hay in on a sunny day.

One should not put of thing untill tomorrow, that one can realize today.

He who will try to drown his sorrows, will find that they can swimm very well.

He who takes a wife for her body, will loose the body and keep the wife.

He who has butter on his head, should stay out of the sun.

He has heard the clock ring, but can't find the lever

Pick the goose as long as it has feathers

It is better to hold one swallow in your hand, then ten flying in the air.

To know about the hat and the rim.

To throw out a sardine, in order to catch cod.

Whose bread one eats, whose word one preaches.

What is in a barrel will not go sour.

What Hans does not learn, Hans does not know.

To react like a bull on a red cloth

Eventhough a man and a woman share the same pillow, they can have different dreams.

Beware of the anger of a patient man.

Are you stil having sex, or are you already playing golf?

Even if it does not benefit you, it will not harm you.

Even if a monkey wears a golden ring, he remains an ugly thing.

The shirt of death does not have pockets.

The soup is never eaten as hot as it was served.

A fox will lose it's hair, but not it's tricks

A donkey usually does not hit his foot twice to the same stone.

The landlord will trusts his guests as he trusts himself

If Moses is not coming to the mountain, then the mountain will come to Moses

If one kills one ant, 10 will come to the funeral.

Cologne and Aix-en-Chapelle were not built on the same day.

The jug will hold water until it breaks