German Proverbs - page 2

A bad penny always comes back. (German Proverb)
A blind leader of the blind. View proverb
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A day after the fair. View proverb
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A drink is shorter than a tale. View proverb
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A father maintains ten children better than ten children one father. View proverb
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A glutton young, a beggar old. View proverb
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A good lie finds more believers than a bad truth. View proverb
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A poor person isn't he who has little, but he who needs a lot. View proverb
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Anger without power is folly. View proverb
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"force me, and I shall commit no sin,” said the girl. View proverb
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He who digs a pit for others falls into it himself. (German Proverb)
"like will to like,” as the devil said to the coal-burner. View proverb
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Never give advice unasked. View proverb
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'tis easier to hurt than heal. View proverb
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'tis his turn to-day, it will be mine to-morrow. View proverb
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'tis not for everyone to catch a salmon. View proverb
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Who begins too much accomplishes little. View proverb
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"with all my heart!” says the boor, when he must. View proverb
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'tis hard to swim against the stream. View proverb
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Success to you! God speed the craft! as the hangman said to the judge. View proverb
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"if I rest, I rust,” says the key. (German Proverb)
"red is love's colour,” said the wooer to his foxy charmer. View proverb
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I have” is a better bird than "if I had. View proverb
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"an egg is an egg,” said the beadle, but he took the goose-egg. View proverb
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All freight lightens, said the skipper, when he threw his wife overboard. View proverb
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