Proverbs and old sayings, page 1008

43575 proverbs and old sayings

It's hard to scare a person who thinks he will benefit from dying.

Proverbs and old sayings German about people

The miller's hen and widower's maid, of want need never be afraid.

Proverbs and old sayings German about need

Those who love in the Lord never see each other for the last time.

Proverbs and old sayings German about time, love

The worst behaved students turn out to be the most pious preachers.

Proverbs and old sayings German about students, saints

So it goes in the world: one has the purse, the other has the gold.

Proverbs and old sayings German about world

When misfortune comes in at the door, love flies out of the window.

Proverbs and old sayings German about love

Drink makes you forget your sorrow; but only, alas, until tomorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings German about sadness, drinking, contentment

Whatever is given to the poor, is laid out of the reach of fortune.

Proverbs and old sayings German about wealth

If the bitch were not in haste, she would not litter blind puppies.

Proverbs and old sayings German about blind

Play not with a man till you hurt him, nor jest till you shame him.

Proverbs and old sayings German about shame, contentment, man

The pitcher goes so often to the well, that it gets broken at last.

Proverbs and old sayings German

The dog that starts the hare is as good as the one that catches it.

Proverbs and old sayings German about good, good luck

The cats that drive away mice are as food as those that catch them.

Proverbs and old sayings German about food, trap

He who would go further than his horse, must alight and go on foot.

Proverbs and old sayings German

One enemy can harm you more than a hundred friends can do you good.

Proverbs and old sayings German about enemies, contentment, good, good luck

How many daily read the Bible, and yet pursue their course of evil.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Whoever has bitten a sour apple will enjoy a sweet one all the more.

Proverbs and old sayings German

That usury is a sin some hold, but take for granted they've no gold.

Proverbs and old sayings German about sin

What you give, is written in sand; what you take, with an iron hand.

Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment

The cock shuts his eyes when he crows, because he knows it by heart.

Proverbs and old sayings German about eyes, heart