Dutch Proverb

Dutch Proverb is not an individual author but a conventional attribution used for sayings that come from Dutch folk tradition. Such proverbs circulated orally for generations before being written down, so their original creators are typically unknown. When a quotation is labeled “Dutch Proverb,” it usually indicates that the wording (or a close variant) has been recorded in Dutch-language collections of maxims, moral sayings, or everyday wisdom rather than traced to a specific writer. Like many European proverb traditions, Dutch proverbs often use vivid domestic, maritime, and mercantile imagery to express practical advice, social observation, and humor. The attribution signals communal authorship and long cultural transmission.