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It is hard to teach old dogs to bark.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about old, olderness

He that abideth low cannot fall hard.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about fall

It is hard to blow with a full mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

It is hard to find a pin in the dark.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about dark

It is hard to swim against the stream.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

It is hard to swim against the current.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

It's hard to catch hawks with empty hands.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

For a good appetite there is no hard bread.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about good, good luck

The scabbier the sheep the harder it bleats.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

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

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about thieves

With hard work, you can get fire out of a stone.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about work, fire, fire brigade

It is hard to catch hares with unwilling hounds.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

He that can reply to an angry man is too hard for him.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about man

When hard work goes out of the door, poverty comes in at the window.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about poverty, work

It is too late to cry Hold hard! when the arrow has left the bow.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

All beginnings are hard, said the thief, and began by stealing an anvil.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about thieves

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

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

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

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Run as hard as a wild beast if you will, but you won't get any reward greater than that destined for you.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about reward