Pieter Bruegel the elder - Twelve proverbs 01

Pieter Bruegel I - To throw pearls to the pigs Pieter Bruegel the elder - Twelve proverbs [1558] - Antwerp, Museum Mayer van der Berg - Source: VisitFlanders The Dutch inscription reads as follows: Die lust heft te doen verlore wercken, die stroyt die rosen voor de vercken. The English translation: He who pleasure in idle work doth take, is like to strew roses before swine i’ faith’. Perlen vor die Säue werfen ist verlorene Liebesmüh. Don't throw your pearls to the pigs (Matthew 7.6-8)