Proverbs and old sayings German, page 66

2050 proverbs and old sayings german

He goes as willingly as a thief to the gallows.

Proverbs and old sayings German about thieves

The better the fruit, the more wasps to eat it.

Proverbs and old sayings German

When God gives hard bread he gives sharp teeth.

Proverbs and old sayings German about god

High climbers and deep swimmers never grow old.

Proverbs and old sayings German about old, olderness

When God says To-day, the devil says To-morrow.

Proverbs and old sayings German about devil, god, day

Riches abuse them who know not how to use them.

Proverbs and old sayings German about wealth, use

Who's the man that was never fooled by a woman.

Proverbs and old sayings German about woman, man

That miller is honest who has hair on his teeth.

Proverbs and old sayings German

He that would eat the fruit must climb the tree.

Proverbs and old sayings German

It is human to err, but diabolical to persevere.

Proverbs and old sayings German about perseverance, human imperfections

'Tis his turn to-day, it will be mine to-morrow.

Proverbs and old sayings German about day

Count not your chickens before they are hatched.

Proverbs and old sayings German

A lawyer and a wagon wheel must be well greased.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Howling makes the wolf bigger than he really is.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Many see more with one eye that others with two.

Proverbs and old sayings German

'Tis too late to spare, when the bottom is bare.

Proverbs and old sayings German

It is dear honey that must be licked off thorns.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Be silent, or say something better than silence.

Proverbs and old sayings German about silence

Everybody knows best where his own shoe pinches.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Where the hedge is lowest, the devil leaps over.

Proverbs and old sayings German about devil