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He who ploughs with young oxen, makes crooked furrows.

Proverbs and old sayings German

So long as the belly is silent all whores are virgins.

Proverbs and old sayings German

When money is talking, the rest of the world shuts up.

Proverbs and old sayings German about talking, rest, world, money

Avarice hoards itself poor; charity gives itself rich.

Proverbs and old sayings German about charity, wealth

When old horses get warm, they are not easily held in.

Proverbs and old sayings German about prison, old, olderness

A hundred years of wrong do not make an hour of right.

Proverbs and old sayings German about bad, rightness

The higher the monkey goes the more he shows his tail.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Better a friendly denial than an unwilling compliance.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it.

Proverbs and old sayings German about bad luck, good luck

Millers and bakers do not steal, people bring to them.

Proverbs and old sayings German about people

He who has not tasted bitter, knows not what sweet is.

Proverbs and old sayings German about bitter

Love cannot be bought or sold, its only price is love.

Proverbs and old sayings German about love

He who has once burnt his mouth always blows his soup.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Trusting too much to others has been the ruin of many.

Proverbs and old sayings German

The dog rages at the stone, not at him that throws it.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Great men's servants don't think little of themselves.

Proverbs and old sayings German about man

Revenge in cold blood is the devil's own act and deed.

Proverbs and old sayings German about revenge, blood, devil

He who would prosper in peace, must suffer in silence.

Proverbs and old sayings German about suffering, silence, peace

What good is it to run when you are on the wrong road?

Proverbs and old sayings German about bad, good, good luck, contentment

He who inherits a penny is expected to spend a dollar.

Proverbs and old sayings German