Dutch Proverbs and sayings

Dutch Proverbs and sayings

Evil words corrupt good manners.

Truth is the daughter of time.

Life is not always about roses.

He lives long who lives well.

An understanding person needs only half a word.

It is hard to steal where the host is a thief.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

Shame lasts longer than poverty.

Time past never returns.

Where there's a will, there is a way.

Beware of the person with two faces.

Silence is the answer to many things.

The truth is lost when there is too much debating. 

Like the clock ticks at home, so it ticks nowhere.

Whoso is tired of happy days, let him take a wife. 

Know what you say, but don't say all that you know.

A friend is better than money in the purse.

Fortune and glass break easily.

Promising and performing are two things.

He that will conquer must fight.

If you hear a lot of things, you will hear a lot of lies.

Better a good neighbour than a distant friend. 

Who has many servants has many thieves.

He invites future injuries who rewards past ones.

Opportunity only knocks once.

Promises make debt, and debt makes promises.

He that saves something today will have something tomorrow.

Small gains bring great wealth.

Forced love does not last.

With a good name one may sin easily.

A wise husband and a patient wife equal a peaceful home and a happy life.

Who has a bad wife, his hell begins on earth.

Poverty is the reward of idleness.

Better poor with honor than rich with shame.

Time and place make the thief.

It is easier to prevent ill habits than to break them.

Out of the eye, out of the heart.

Men can bear all things except good days.