"die een wijf trouwt om het schoon lijf, verliest het lijf en houdt het wijf" meaning in Dutch

See die een wijf trouwt om het schoon lijf, verliest het lijf en houdt het wijf in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proverb

Etymology: Coined by the 17th century Brabantian Jesuit poet Adriaan Poirters, who wrote the verses: Important to note is that divorce is prohibited to Catholics, and that wijf, which is now considered derogatory, was a largely neutral term at the time when this poem was written. Etymology templates: {{l|nl|zot}} zot, {{l|nl|kot}} kot, {{l|nl|wijf}} wijf, {{l|nl|lijf}} lijf, {{m|nl|wijf}} wijf Head templates: {{head|nl|proverb}} die een wijf trouwt om het schoon lijf, verliest het lijf en houdt het wijf
  1. In choosing a marriage partner, factors such as character are more important than looks Wikipedia link: Adriaan Poirters Synonyms: wie een wijf trouwt om het schoon lijf, verliest het lijf en houdt het wijf
    Sense id: en-die_een_wijf_trouwt_om_het_schoon_lijf,_verliest_het_lijf_en_houdt_het_wijf-nl-proverb-qVafOwrG Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch entries with language name categories using raw markup, Dutch proverbs

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Dutch dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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