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| German Proverb - W
"With all my heart!" says the boor, when he must."With great pleasure," says the boor, when he must.Wait, is a hard word to the hungry.Watching women is labour in vain.Water is the strongest drink; it drives mills.We beat the sack and mean the miller.We cannot all be Pope of Rome.We do in haste what we repent at leisure.We give to the rich, and take from the poor.We hang little thieves, and take off our hats to great ones.What harm is there in a good word? It costs nothing.What man has made, man can destroy.What Master Jacky does not learn, Mr. John never knows.What one does not bake, another brews.What one is accustomed to in youth, one does in old age.What ripens fast does not last.What signifies the barking of a dog that don't bite?What smarts teaches.What you give, is written in sand; what you take, with an iron hand.What you lend to a friend, an enemy sues for.What! keep a dog and bark myself?What's of no use is too dear at a gift.What's the use of putting honey in an ass's mouth.Whatever is to be a hook, bends early.When old horses get warm, they are not easily held in.When one goose drinks, all drink.When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window.When shepherds quarrel, the wolf has a winning game.When two Sundays come together.Where all adulterers to wear grey coats, the cloth would be dear.Where every one goes, the grass never grows.Where ghosts walk, there is loving or thieving.Where God bestows an office, he provides brains to fill it.Where God builds a church, the devil builds a chapel.Where gold avails, argument fails.Where gold chinks, arguments are of no avail.Where honour grows a span, folly grows an ell.Where might is master, justice is servant.Where might is right, right is not might.Where money, there friends.Who blackens others, does not whiten himself.Who bows to might loses his right.Who has tasted a sour apple, will have the more relish for a sweet one.Who has, let him thereof take heed; love wanes, misfortune comes with speed.Who heeds not little things, will be troubled about lesser ones.Who herds with wolves, must howl with wolves.Who honours not age, is unworthy of it.Who hunts two hares together catches neither.Who is ell seated should not budge.Who is not ashamed of his sins, sins double.Who is over nice, loses many a slice.With great men one must allow five to be an even number.With houses and gold, men are rarely bold.With nice appearance people want to be deceived.With patience and time the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.Would you be strong, conquer yourself.Would you live long, be healthy and fat, drink like a dog and eat like a cat.Write on one of the devil's horns, "Good angel," and many will believe it. |
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