Beware of laughing hosts and weeping priests.
More German Proverbs:
The cock is a lord on his own dunghill.German
We cannot all be Pope of Rome.
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He who is born to misfortunate stumbles as he goes, and though he fall on his back will fracture his nose.
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Councils of war never fight.
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Silk and velvet put out the kitchen fire.
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Virtue would not go far, if a little vanity walked not with it.
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