Who takes an eel by the tail or a woman by her word, grasp as he will, holds nothing fast.
Proverbs and old sayings German about fasting, word, woman, nothing
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Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land.
Proverbs and old sayings German about water
When a dove begins to fly with crows, its feathers remain white but its heart grows black.
Proverbs and old sayings German about magic, heart
I will not bite any dog, says the shepherd's dog, for I must save my teeth for the wolf.
Proverbs and old sayings German
Self-praise stinks, friends praise hinks, the stranger's is sincere, and may last for a year.
Proverbs and old sayings German about praise, self-control
When a dove begins to associate with crows its feathers remain white but its heart grows black.
Proverbs and old sayings German about magic, heart
A fence lasts three years, a dog lasts three fences, a horse three dogs, and a man three horses.
Proverbs and old sayings German about man
When two dogs fight for a bone, and the third runs off with it, there's a lawyer among the dogs.
Proverbs and old sayings German about fight
Abroad to see wonders the traveller goes, And neglects the fine things which lie under his nose.
Proverbs and old sayings German about lie, things
When the thief is seen stealing, he says he is joking; but when the thief is not seen, he steals.
Proverbs and old sayings German about thieves
They who eat cherries with the great, are like to have the stones and stalks flung in their face.
Proverbs and old sayings German about face
Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses.
Proverbs and old sayings German about happiness
You have to take it as it happens, but you should try to make it happen the way you want to take it.
Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment
You have to take life as it happens, but you should try to make it happen the way you want to take it.
Proverbs and old sayings German about life, contentment
He who is born to misfortunate stumbles as he goes, and though he fall on his back will fracture his nose.
Proverbs and old sayings German about fall
O what we must suffer for the sake of God's church! said the abbot, when the roast fowl burned his fingers.
Proverbs and old sayings German about suffering, god
A tear bedews my Delia's eye, From morn till dewy eve; But if you ask the reason why, She can't tell, I believe.
Proverbs and old sayings German about reason, faith, contentment
When wealth is lost, nothing is lost. when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost..
Proverbs and old sayings German about character, wealth, nothing
Saint Martin was an easy man, he loved to drink Cerevisiam; and when he'd no Pecuniam, he left in pledge his Tunicam.
Proverbs and old sayings German about saints, drinking, man
A nail secures the horse-shoe, the shoe the horse, the horse the man, the man the castle, and the castle the whole land.
Proverbs and old sayings German about man
