Proverbs and old sayings German, page 84

2050 proverbs and old sayings german

It's a poor mouse that sits on the sack and doesn't gnaw.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Love without return is like a question without an answer.

Proverbs and old sayings German about question, love

Monks, mice, rats, vermin, seldom sunder without harming.

Proverbs and old sayings German

He who does not improve to-day will grow worse to-morrow.

Proverbs and old sayings German about day

The fish lead a pleasant life, they drink when they like.

Proverbs and old sayings German about drinking, fishing, life

One bird in the dish is better than a hundred in the air.

Proverbs and old sayings German about air

Red is Love's colour, said the wooer to his foxy charmer.

Proverbs and old sayings German about love

He that marries for love has good nights, but sorry days.

Proverbs and old sayings German about day, love, good, good luck

The higher a monkey climbs, the more he shows his behind.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Don't sell the bear-skin before you have killed the bear.

Proverbs and old sayings German about commerce

He who drinks no more still likes to see the beer pulled.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Who stands bail for someone is being teased by the devil.

Proverbs and old sayings German about being, devil

Working on the land is better than praying in the desert.

Proverbs and old sayings German

God gave us hands but He doesn't build bridges with them.

Proverbs and old sayings German about god

If wood-hewing were an order, there would be fewer monks.

Proverbs and old sayings German about order

Not all people who have yawned together must get married.

Proverbs and old sayings German about people

He who cannot pay with his purse, must pay with his hide.

Proverbs and old sayings German

The pope eats peasants, gulps gentlemen, and voids monks.

Proverbs and old sayings German

If the prince wants an apple, his servants take the tree.

Proverbs and old sayings German

There come just as many calf-skins as cow-skins to market.

Proverbs and old sayings German about stores