Proverbs and old sayings German, page 95

2050 proverbs and old sayings german

How many daily read the Bible, and yet pursue their course of evil.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Whoever has bitten a sour apple will enjoy a sweet one all the more.

Proverbs and old sayings German

That usury is a sin some hold, but take for granted they've no gold.

Proverbs and old sayings German about sin

What you give, is written in sand; what you take, with an iron hand.

Proverbs and old sayings German

The cock shuts his eyes when he crows, because he knows it by heart.

Proverbs and old sayings German about eyes, heart

A man has two ears and one mouth that he hear much and speak little.

Proverbs and old sayings German about man

Nothing looks so like a man of sense as a fool who holds his tongue.

Proverbs and old sayings German about common sense, sense, nothing, man

Every clown can find fault, though it would puzzle him to do better.

Proverbs and old sayings German about clowns

A monk in his cloister, a fish in the water, a thief in the gallows.

Proverbs and old sayings German about thieves, water

He who builds on the public way, must let the people have their say.

Proverbs and old sayings German about public, people

One man may steal a horse while another may not look over the hedge.

Proverbs and old sayings German about man

To believe everything is too much, to believe nothing is not enough.

Proverbs and old sayings German about faith, nothing

Doctors purge the body, ministers the conscience, lawyers the purse.

Proverbs and old sayings German about conscience, body

The world could have been great if only people had been more useful.

Proverbs and old sayings German about world, people

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

Proverbs and old sayings German about night

He who stands godfather to a wolf should have a dog under his cloak.

Proverbs and old sayings German

There is no law but has a hole in it, for those who can find it out.

Proverbs and old sayings German about law

A father maintains ten children better than ten children one father.

Proverbs and old sayings German about children

That is not in the looking-glass which is seen in the looking-glass.

Proverbs and old sayings German

The preacher must be like a chicken who always has an egg in reserve.

Proverbs and old sayings German