Northern Dutch

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“Sophocles long ago
Heard it on the Aegaean, and it brought
Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow
Of human misery; we
Find also in the sound a thought,
Hearing it by this distant northern sea.”
—Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)

“Too nice is neighbor’s fool.”
—Common Dutch saying, trans by Johanna C. Prins.