Poor people’s words go many to a sackful.
More German Proverbs:
Knowing hens lay even in nettles.German
Abroad to see wonders the traveller goes, And neglects the fine things which lie under his nose.
German
Fair flowers are not left standing along the wayside long.
German
Unlaid eggs are a long time becoming chickens.
German
He who is always drinking and stuffing, will in time become a ragamuffin.
German
A better seldom comes after.
German