Proverbs and old sayings German, page 92

2050 proverbs and old sayings german

To get to know a friend, you must share an inheritance with him.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Petty thieves are hanged, you take off your hat to the big ones.

Proverbs and old sayings German about thieves

Love, fire, a cough, the itch, and gout are not to be concealed.

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

Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet.

Proverbs and old sayings German about bitter

If you've money, take a seat; it you've none, take to your feet.

Proverbs and old sayings German about money

Who bathes his hands in blood will have to wash them with tears.

Proverbs and old sayings German about tears, blood

Never listen to these three advisers: wine, the night, and love.

Proverbs and old sayings German about night, wine, love

Who heeds not little things, will be troubled about lesser ones.

Proverbs and old sayings German about things

Who speaks ill of others to you will speak ill of you to others.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Nature teaches us to love our friends, but religion our enemies.

Proverbs and old sayings German about religion, nature, enemies, love

Great cry and little wool, said the fool, when he sheared a pig.

Proverbs and old sayings German

When poverty comes in at the door, love jumps out at the window.

Proverbs and old sayings German about poverty, love

No one knows better where the shoe pinches that he who wears it.

Proverbs and old sayings German

He who wipes the child's nose, means to kiss the mother's cheek.

Proverbs and old sayings German about kiss, children, mother

Whenever women say good-bye they always hang around for a while.

Proverbs and old sayings German about good, good luck

Mother, I must have a husband, or I shall set fire to the house.

Proverbs and old sayings German about husband, mother, fire, fire brigade, home, house

Greatness alone in not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare.

Proverbs and old sayings German about greatness

Take care of your plough, and your plough will take care of you.

Proverbs and old sayings German

An ounce of a mother's wit is worth a pound of schoolgirl's wit.

Proverbs and old sayings German about mother

Like blood, like means, and like age, make the happiest marriage.

Proverbs and old sayings German about marriage, blood, age, olderness