Flemish Proverbs

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The word that is heard perishes, but the letter that is written remains.

A tax collector is best hung on Sunday.

Even the Priest was a thief when gold was left out.

Money buys cherries.

Truth seldom finds a home.

Don’t use another person’s mouth unless it has been lent to you.

To die in the season of plague brings no honor.

In the end a needle weighs heavy.

Experience keeps a dear school.

The bee, from her industry in the summer, eats honey all the winter.

The horse must graze where it is tethered.

Who sieves too much keeps the rubbish.