Dutch proverbs

Were everyone to sweep in front of his own house, every street would be clean.

He who is outside his door already has the hard part of his journey behind him.

I wish that he would sink as deep in the ground as a hare can run in ten years.

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour.

It is too late to lock the stable door when the horses have already been stolen.

Put your hand in your conscience and see if it don't come out as black as pitch.

A usurer, a miller, a banker, and a publican, are the four evangelists of Lucifer.

Rejoice in little, shun what is extreme; the ship rides safest in a little stream.

More flies are caught with a spoonful of syrup than with a barrel full of vinegar.

The rich devour the poor, and the devil devours the rich and so both are devoured.

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