A cat has nine lives, as the onion seven skins.
More German Proverbs:
Where might is the master, justice is the servant.German
He that is busy is tempted but by one devil, he that is idle by a legion.
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Where gold avails, argument fails.
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Where might is right, right is not might.
German
Less advice and more hands.
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So it goes in the world: one has the purse, the other has the gold.
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