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In the looking-glass we see our form, in wine the heart.

Proverbs and old sayings German about wine, heart

If you fail to practice your art, it will soon disappear.

Proverbs and old sayings German about art, magic, contentment

Take one step to hell and you are already half way there.

Proverbs and old sayings German about hell, contentment

The fingers of the housewife do more than a yoke of oxen.

Proverbs and old sayings German

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

Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment

It's a poor mouse that sits on the sack and doesn't gnaw.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Love without return is like a question without an answer.

Proverbs and old sayings German about question, love

Monks, mice, rats, vermin, seldom sunder without harming.

Proverbs and old sayings German

He who does not improve to-day will grow worse to-morrow.

Proverbs and old sayings German about day

The fish lead a pleasant life, they drink when they like.

Proverbs and old sayings German about drinking, fishing, life

One bird in the dish is better than a hundred in the air.

Proverbs and old sayings German about air

Red is Love's colour, said the wooer to his foxy charmer.

Proverbs and old sayings German about love

He that marries for love has good nights, but sorry days.

Proverbs and old sayings German about day, love, good, good luck

The higher a monkey climbs, the more he shows his behind.

Proverbs and old sayings German

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

Proverbs and old sayings German about commerce, contentment

He who drinks no more still likes to see the beer pulled.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Who stands bail for someone is being teased by the devil.

Proverbs and old sayings German about being, devil

Working on the land is better than praying in the desert.

Proverbs and old sayings German

God gave us hands but He doesn't build bridges with them.

Proverbs and old sayings German about god

If wood-hewing were an order, there would be fewer monks.

Proverbs and old sayings German about order