Showing posts with label Diffidence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Diffidence. Show all posts
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Diffidence, Dutch proverb
Acht is meer dan duizend.
Idiomatic translation: Diffidence is the right eye of prudence.
Meaning: When forming a belief be doubtful; no one is always right after all.
- Dutch proverb
Strauss, Emanuel (1994). Dictionary of European proverbs (Volume 2 ed.). Routledge. p. 701. ISBN 0415096243.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dutch_proverbs
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