Proverbs and old sayings, page 984

43575 proverbs and old sayings

For rich and poor alike the womb is equally warm.

Proverbs and old sayings German about wealth

The greatest wealth is contentment with a little.

Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment, wealth

Where honour ceaseth, there knowledge decreaseth.

Proverbs and old sayings German about honour, knowledge

Priests should not prate out of the confessional.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Who would be young in age, must in youth be sage.

Proverbs and old sayings German about youth, age, olderness

The chickens don't mourn when the poulterer dies.

Proverbs and old sayings German

A good lie finds more believers than a bad truth.

Proverbs and old sayings German about lie, truth, bad luck, bad, good, good luck

He who conquers his anger has conquered an enemy.

Proverbs and old sayings German about anger, enemies

It's not healthy to swallow books without chewing.

Proverbs and old sayings German about books

Many people preach righteousness and perform sins.

Proverbs and old sayings German about rightness, sin, people

An uneducated person is like an unpolished mirror.

Proverbs and old sayings German about people

Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.

Proverbs and old sayings German

People show their character by what they laugh at.

Proverbs and old sayings German about character, people

Long foretold, long last; short notice, soon past.

Proverbs and old sayings German about past

A doctor and a boor know more than a doctor alone.

Proverbs and old sayings German

It is little honor to the lion to seize the mouse.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Better free in a foreign land than a serf at home.

Proverbs and old sayings German about home

A man has learned much who has learned how to die.

Proverbs and old sayings German about death, man

Time, wine, women, and fortune, are ever changing.

Proverbs and old sayings German about wealth, wine, time

The more light a torch gives the shorter it lasts.

Proverbs and old sayings German about light