D'Wourecht geet net ënner.
“Truth does not go under.”
The truth cannot be permanently buried and will eventually resurface.
— Traditional Luxembourg Wisdom, Luxembourg
Source: Traditional Luxembourg proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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