A good trade will carry farther than a thousand florins.
Proverbs and old sayings German about commerce, good, good luck
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There is more disputing about the shell than the kernel.
Proverbs and old sayings German
He that picks up all sorts of wood, soon gets an armful.
Proverbs and old sayings German
Jealousy is a pain which eagerly seeks what causes pain.
Proverbs and old sayings German about pain, jealousy
Nothing should be done in a hurry except catching fleas.
Proverbs and old sayings German about nothing
The higher the monkey climbs the more he shows his tail.
Proverbs and old sayings German
Sin when you are drunk, pay the fine when you are sober.
Proverbs and old sayings German about sin, contentment
As the tree, so the fruit; as the mistress, so the maid.
Proverbs and old sayings German
No one is happier than he who believes in his happiness.
Proverbs and old sayings German about happiness
What one is accustomed to in youth, one does in old age.
Proverbs and old sayings German about olderness, youth, age, old
As fast as laws are devised, their evasion is contrived.
Proverbs and old sayings German about fasting
Every one is glad to see a knave caught in his own trap.
Proverbs and old sayings German about trap
Little enemies and little wounds are not to be despised.
Proverbs and old sayings German about enemies
If you want to be old, hang yourself when you are young.
Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment, old, olderness
There is no eel so small but it hopes to become a whale.
Proverbs and old sayings German
There are plenty of preachers who don't hear themselves.
Proverbs and old sayings German
It is better to deal with a whole fool than half a fool.
Proverbs and old sayings German
Flatterers are cats that lick before and scratch behind.
Proverbs and old sayings German
Who will not feed the cats, must feed the mice and rats.
Proverbs and old sayings German
He who looks on know more of the game than he who plays.
Proverbs and old sayings German about games
