Proverbs and old sayings German, page 93

2050 proverbs and old sayings german

Mules make a great fuss about their ancestors having been horses.

Proverbs and old sayings German about ancestors

Proverbs are like butterflies, some are caught and some fly away.

Proverbs and old sayings German

He who puts his nose in a turd does not know what he is smelling.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Cheese is gold in the morning, silver at noon, and lead at night.

Proverbs and old sayings German about night

There are more ways of killing a dog than choking it with butter.

Proverbs and old sayings German

He who buys what he don't want, will soon sell what he does want.

Proverbs and old sayings German about commerce

Where all adulterers to wear grey coats, the cloth would be dear.

Proverbs and old sayings German

You can eat and drink with your family but not count and measure.

Proverbs and old sayings German about measure, family, drinking

He who lives in a glass house should be the last to throw stones.

Proverbs and old sayings German about home, house

How many daily read the Word, and yet from vice are not deterred.

Proverbs and old sayings German about vice, word

Give unto the king what is the king's, and unto God what is God's.

Proverbs and old sayings German about god

Don't make a mouse of yourself, or else you will be eaten by cats.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Small profits and often, are better than large profits and seldom.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Long choosing and cheapening ends in buying nothing, or bad wares.

Proverbs and old sayings German about end, nothing, bad luck, bad

Small profits are often, are better than large profits and seldom.

Proverbs and old sayings German

It is easier to build two hearths than always to keep fire on one.

Proverbs and old sayings German about fire, fire brigade

Who refuses to submit to justice, must not complain of oppression.

Proverbs and old sayings German about justice

He who has left a rogue behind him, has made a good day's journey.

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

Were he to throw a groat on the roof, it would come down a dollar.

Proverbs and old sayings German

He that pelts every barking dog, must pick up a great many stones.

Proverbs and old sayings German