German Proverbs (2067 Proverbs)
- He who won't be advised, can't be helped.
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- He who serves the people has a bad master.
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- He who lives in a glass house should be the last to throw stones.
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- He who is absent is always in the wrong.
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- He who has no enemies has no friends either.
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- He who does not improve to-day will grow worse to-morrow.
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- He who brings bad tidings, comes soon enough.
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- He that marries for love has good nights, but sorry days.
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- Hares are caught with hounds, fools with praise, and women with gold.
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- God gives us nuts but he does not crack them for us.
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- For rich and poor alike the womb is equally warm.
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- Every one thinks that all the bells echo his own thoughts.
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- Ever one hair, only one, and the man is bald at last.
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- Drink makes you forget your sorrow; but only, alas, until tomorrow.
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- Could everything be done twice, everything would be done better.
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- Between the hand and the lip the soup may be spilt.
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- Better a friendly denial than an unwilling compliance.
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- As he thinketh in his heart, so is he.
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- An old error is always more popular than a new truth.
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- Abroad to see wonders the traveller goes, And neglects the fine things which lie under his nose.
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- A sack full of fleas is easier to watch than a woman.
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- A load of March dust is worth a ducat.
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- A good conscience is like a soft pillow
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- A bad beginning may make a good ending.
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- In time of war the devil makes more room in hell.
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- If you want peace, you must prepare for war.
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- If wood-hewing were an order, there would be fewer monks.
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- If I am to be drowned, it shall be in clean water.
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- Howling makes the wolf bigger than he really is.
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- He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.
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- He who serves small masters, is himself one of them.
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- He who lives by the sword dies by the sword.
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- He who invites storks must have frogs in the house.
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- He who has left a rogue behind him, has made a good day's journey.
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- He who does not go forward, stays behind.
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- He who blows on the fire will get sparks in his eyes.
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- He goes as willingly as a thief to the gallows.
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- Happy is the one who forgets that which cannot be changed.
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- God gives the nuts, but He does not crack them.
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- For a lot of people their conscience lives in the middle of the street.
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- Don't carry your head too high, the door is low.
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- Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.
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- Don't learn too much, Jack, else you must do a great deal.
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- Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dearly for them.
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- Between neighbours' gardens a hedge is not amiss.
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- Begin to weave and God will give the thread.
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- As good eat the devil as the broth he was boiled in.
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- An old broom knows the corners of the house.
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- Abroad one has a hundred eyes, at home not one.
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- A ripe pear is more likely to fall in the shit than onto the clean ground.
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- A little too late is much too late.
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- A golden bit makes none the better horse.
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- In the visible church the true Christians are invisible.
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- If you want fire, look for it in the ashes.
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- If we pay for the music we will take part in the dance.
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- If I am seen I am joking; if I am not seen I steal.
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- However long the sun shines upon a thistle, it will never become a rose.
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- He who wipes the child's nose, means to kiss the mother's cheek.
(German Proverb)
- He who saves in little things, can be liberal in great ones.
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- He who lives by the church shall serve the church.
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- He who inherits a penny is expected to spend a dollar.
(German Proverb)
- He who goes to bed with dogs, will wake up with fleas.
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- He who does not bait his hook catches nothing.
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- He who blackens others does not whiten himself.
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- He that is busy is tempted but by one devil, he that is idle by a legion.
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- Happiness opens the arms and closes the eyes.
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- God gave us hands but He doesn't build bridges with them.
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- Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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- Every one must pay his debt to nature.
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- Even the devil's grandmother was a nice girl when she was young.
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- Don't divide the spoil before the victory is won.
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- Coffee and love are best when they are hot.
(German Proverb)
- Between a woman's "Yes" and "No" there is no room for the point of a needle.
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- Before God and the bus driver we are all equal.
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- As good be an addled egg as an idle bird.
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- An egg is an egg, said the beadle, but he took the goose-egg.
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- A young wife is an old man's post-horse to the grave.
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- A poor person isn't he who has little, but he who needs a lot.
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- A lie becomes true when one believes it.
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- A flatterer has water in one hand and fire in the other.
(German Proverb)
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