Proverbs and old sayings, page 1014

43575 proverbs and old sayings

Better a good conscience without wisdom than wisdom without a good conscience.

Proverbs and old sayings German about conscience, wisdom, good, good luck

Age before beauty, said the devil as he threw his grandmother off' the stairs.

Proverbs and old sayings German about beauty, age, olderness, devil

If you don't want to be hung yourself, blame the dog for stealing the sausage.

Proverbs and old sayings German about thieves, contentment

Many look with one eye at what they give, but with seven at what they receive.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Give up the smallest part of a secret, and the rest is no longer in your power.

Proverbs and old sayings German about power, secret, rest

They who deserve honour, fail of it; and they who obtain it, do not deserve it.

Proverbs and old sayings German about honour

In wine there is wisdom. In beer there is strength. In water there is bacteria.

Proverbs and old sayings German about wisdom, wine, water

God will help a seaman in a storm but the pilot must still remain at the wheel.

Proverbs and old sayings German about help, god

Dear physic always does good, if not to the patient, at least to the apothecary.

Proverbs and old sayings German about good, good luck

A good soldier has only three things to think about; the king, God, and nothing.

Proverbs and old sayings German about things, nothing, god, good, good luck

He who praises in praesentia, and abuses in absentia, have with him pestilentia.

Proverbs and old sayings German

A huckster who cannot pass off mouse-turd for pepper, has not learned his trade.

Proverbs and old sayings German about commerce

One kisses the child for the mother's sake, and the mother for the child's sake.

Proverbs and old sayings German about kiss, children, mother

Between a woman's Yes and No there is no room for the point of a needle.

Proverbs and old sayings German about woman

Where there's money, there is the devil; but where there's none, a greater evil.

Proverbs and old sayings German about devil, money

In the morning of life, work; in the mid day give council; in the evening, pray.

Proverbs and old sayings German about pray, work, life, day

Man without woman, is head without body; woman without man, is body without head.

Proverbs and old sayings German about body, heads, woman, man

It is too much to expect of a cat that she should sit by the milk and not lap it.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Millers, tailors, and weavers are not hanged, or the trade would soon be extinct.

Proverbs and old sayings German about commerce

Spending your money with many a guest, empties the kitchen, the cellar and chest.

Proverbs and old sayings German about kitchen, money