1386 Dutch Proverbs / Page 69
1361. Wise people can't answer the most foolish questions.
1362. Wise rats run from a falling house.
1363. Wishes are the echo of a lazy will.
1364. With a French sweep.
1365. With a friend behind you, you have a safe bridge.
1366. With a good name one may easily sin.
1367. With a good name one may sin easily.
1368. With hard work, you can get fire out of a stone.
1369. With honour and store, what would you more.
1370. With the good we become good.
1371. With your hat in your hand you can travel the entire country.
1372. Women who are often at the looking-glass seldom spin.
1373. Woods have ears and fields have eyes.
1374. Worldly good is ebb and flood.
1375. You can't hatch chickens from fried eggs.
1376. You can't shoe a horse while it is running.
1377. You cannot make a silk purse from a sow's ear.
1378. You never know how a cow catches a rabbit.
1379. You never know what you can do till you try.
1380. You've got to stare the cat down out of the tree.