German Proverbs - page 63

When the pear is ripe, it falls. (German Proverb)
Youth and white paper take any impression. View proverb
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What three know will soon be known to thirty. View proverb
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We do not walk on our legs, but on our will. View proverb
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What the peacock has too little on his head, he has too much on his tail. View proverb
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To act in anger is like tying up a ship in a storm. View proverb
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When a man is down, everybody runs over him. View proverb
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Those who tickle themselves may laugh when they please. View proverb
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When a dove begins to associate with crows its feathers remain white but its heart grows black. View proverb
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What the farmer does not know he doesn't eat. View proverb
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We beat the sack and mean the miller. (German Proverb)
Those that will not hear must be made to feel. View proverb
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What's the good of a sun-dial in the shade? View proverb
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Were I a hatter, men would come into the world without heads. View proverb
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When money is talking, the rest of the world shuts up. View proverb
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What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. View proverb
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Wait, is a hard word to the hungry. View proverb
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Where there are no swamps there are no frogs. View proverb
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Who talks a lot at the table will leave it hungry. View proverb
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Who bathes his hands in blood will have to wash them with tears. View proverb
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When the wine runs to waste in the cellar, he mends the cask. (German Proverb)
Working on the land is better than praying in the desert. View proverb
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Who stands bail for someone is being teased by the devil. View proverb
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Whoever invented work must not have had anything to do. View proverb
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Who receives, should thank; who gives, should be silent. View proverb
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