1386 Dutch Proverbs / Page 52
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Tell no one what you would have known only to yourself.1022.
Tender surgeons make foul wounds.1023.
That beer's of your own brewing, and you must drink it.1024.
That is beggar's fare, said the dame, when she fried eggs with the sausages.1025.
That is good wisdom which is wisdom in the end.1026.
That mouse will have a tail.1027.
That which burns thee not, cool not.1028.
That's all well and good, but gold is better.1029.
That's quickly done which is long repented.1030.
The absent always bear the blame.1031.
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.1032.
The arms of Bruges: an ass in an arm-chair.1033.
The arms of Bruges: an ass in an arm-chair.1034.
The art is not in making money, but in keeping it.1035.
The ass and the driver never think alike.1036.
The beadle's cow may graze in the churchyard.1037.
The best cause requires a good champion.1038.
The best fodder is the mater's eye.1039.
The best goods are the cheapest.1040.
The best helmsmen stand on shore.