Proverbs and old sayings German about Contentment, page 4

112 proverbs and old sayings german about contentment

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You can't direct the wind, but you can adjust your sails.

Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment

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

Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment

If you have no arrows in your quiver, go not with archers.

Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment

Don't throw away your dirty water till you have got clean.

Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment

Don't throw away your old shoes until you have a new pair.

Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment

Don't learn too much, Jack, else you must do a great deal.

Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment

If you would have the lamp burn, you must pour oil into it.

Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment

Trust no one till you have eaten a bushel of salt with him.

Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment

O foolish world, why are you scratching around in the dark?

Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment

Whore or thief young or old, welcome so you've got the gold.

Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment

Tell me with whom you travel, and I'll tell you who you are.

Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment

Water quenches the thirst but does not teach you how to sing.

Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment

You can do anything with children if you only play with them.

Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment

Make yourself an ass, and every one will lay his sack on you.

Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment

If you put out another's candle, you also will be in the dark.

Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment

Look before you leap, For snakes among sweet flowers do creep.

Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment

Priests and road signs show you the way but don't go with you.

Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment

Spend not, where you may save; spare not, where you must spend.

Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment

Good faith is a seldom guest, when you have him, hold him fast.

Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment

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

Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment