Dutch Proverb Quotations

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

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

One should take the hay in on a sunny day.

Many think they know, few know to think.

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

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

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

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

Beware of the anger of a patient man.

What is in a barrel will not go sour.

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

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

The shirt of death does not have pockets.

What Hans does not learn, Hans does not know.

To react like a bull on a red cloth

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The landlord will trusts his guests as he trusts himself

The jug will hold water until it breaks

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