Proverbs and old sayings German, page 83

2050 proverbs and old sayings german

The higher the monkey climbs the more he shows his tail.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Sin when you are drunk, pay the fine when you are sober.

Proverbs and old sayings German about sin

As the tree, so the fruit; as the mistress, so the maid.

Proverbs and old sayings German

No one is happier than he who believes in his happiness.

Proverbs and old sayings German about happiness

What one is accustomed to in youth, one does in old age.

Proverbs and old sayings German about olderness, youth, age, old

As fast as laws are devised, their evasion is contrived.

Proverbs and old sayings German about fasting

Every one is glad to see a knave caught in his own trap.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Little enemies and little wounds are not to be despised.

Proverbs and old sayings German about enemies

If you want to be old, hang yourself when you are young.

Proverbs and old sayings German about old, olderness

There is no eel so small but it hopes to become a whale.

Proverbs and old sayings German

There are plenty of preachers who don't hear themselves.

Proverbs and old sayings German

It is better to deal with a whole fool than half a fool.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Flatterers are cats that lick before and scratch behind.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Who will not feed the cats, must feed the mice and rats.

Proverbs and old sayings German

He who looks on know more of the game than he who plays.

Proverbs and old sayings German about games

In the looking-glass we see our form, in wine the heart.

Proverbs and old sayings German about wine, heart

If you fail to practice your art, it will soon disappear.

Proverbs and old sayings German about art, magic

Take one step to hell and you are already half way there.

Proverbs and old sayings German about hell

The fingers of the housewife do more than a yoke of oxen.

Proverbs and old sayings German

You can't direct the wind, but you can adjust your sails.

Proverbs and old sayings German