Proverbs and old sayings German, page 77

2050 proverbs and old sayings german

If you can't get it in bushels, take it in spoonfuls.

Proverbs and old sayings German

He who prizes little things, is worthy of great ones.

Proverbs and old sayings German about things

Ever one hair, only one, and the man is bald at last.

Proverbs and old sayings German about man

He who has lost his freedom has nothing else to lose.

Proverbs and old sayings German about nothing

Who avoids small sins, does not fall into great ones.

Proverbs and old sayings German about sin, fall

A gosling flew over the Rhine, and came home a goose.

Proverbs and old sayings German about home

A hundred years of regret pay not a farthing of debt.

Proverbs and old sayings German about regret

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

Proverbs and old sayings German about people, death

What little Hans didn't learn, big Hans doesn't know.

Proverbs and old sayings German

What little Jack does not learn, big John will never.

Proverbs and old sayings German

When blind leads the blind, both fall into the ditch.

Proverbs and old sayings German about blind, fall

A young wife is an old man's post-horse to the grave.

Proverbs and old sayings German about wife, man, old, olderness

Nought is good for the eyes, but not for the stomach.

Proverbs and old sayings German about eyes, good, good luck

Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.

Proverbs and old sayings German about nothing

He who blows in the fire will get sparks in his eyes.

Proverbs and old sayings German about eyes, fire, fire brigade

If I am seen, I am joking; if I am not seen, I steal.

Proverbs and old sayings German

There are more ways of killing a dog than hanging it.

Proverbs and old sayings German

He that sits among reeds, cuts pipes when he pleases.

Proverbs and old sayings German

An old error is always more popular than a new truth.

Proverbs and old sayings German about error, truth, old, olderness

Misfortune, wood, and hair, grow throughout the year.

Proverbs and old sayings German