Proverbs and old sayings German, page 94

2050 proverbs and old sayings german

Away with you, be a peddlar, a knave, says the hangman to his man.

Proverbs and old sayings German about man

Three things come into the house uninvited: debts, age, and death.

Proverbs and old sayings German about age, olderness, death, things, home, house

No one is either rich or poor who has not helped himself to be so.

Proverbs and old sayings German about wealth

If a dog's prayers were answered, bones would rain from the skies.

Proverbs and old sayings German about rain

If you are an anvil, be patient; if you are a hammer, strike hard.

Proverbs and old sayings German

It's hard to scare a person who thinks he will benefit from dying.

Proverbs and old sayings German about people

The miller's hen and widower's maid, of want need never be afraid.

Proverbs and old sayings German about need

Those who love in the Lord never see each other for the last time.

Proverbs and old sayings German about time, love

The worst behaved students turn out to be the most pious preachers.

Proverbs and old sayings German about students, saints

So it goes in the world: one has the purse, the other has the gold.

Proverbs and old sayings German about world

When misfortune comes in at the door, love flies out of the window.

Proverbs and old sayings German about love

Drink makes you forget your sorrow; but only, alas, until tomorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings German about sadness, drinking

Whatever is given to the poor, is laid out of the reach of fortune.

Proverbs and old sayings German about wealth

If the bitch were not in haste, she would not litter blind puppies.

Proverbs and old sayings German about blind

Play not with a man till you hurt him, nor jest till you shame him.

Proverbs and old sayings German about shame, man

The pitcher goes so often to the well, that it gets broken at last.

Proverbs and old sayings German

The dog that starts the hare is as good as the one that catches it.

Proverbs and old sayings German about good, good luck

The cats that drive away mice are as food as those that catch them.

Proverbs and old sayings German about food, trap

He who would go further than his horse, must alight and go on foot.

Proverbs and old sayings German

One enemy can harm you more than a hundred friends can do you good.

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