Many shun the sword, and come to the gallows.
More German Proverbs:
A man surprised is half beaten.German
Quick believers need broad shoulders.
German
Poverty is cunning; it catches even a fox.
German
Advice is not compulsion.
German
Who carries doubtful people to his house, will doubtless from his carriage something lose.
German
A golden bit makes none the better horse.
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