On poor people's beards the young barber learns his trade.
Proverbs and old sayings German about commerce, people
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Scratching and borrowing do well enough, but not for long.
Proverbs and old sayings German
They must be strong legs that can support prosperous days.
Proverbs and old sayings German about day
Don't throw away your dirty water till you have got clean.
Proverbs and old sayings German about water, contentment
Don't throw away your old shoes until you have a new pair.
Proverbs and old sayings German about old, olderness, contentment
To remain young while growing old is the highest blessing.
Proverbs and old sayings German about old, olderness
He who would the daughter win, with the mother must begin.
Proverbs and old sayings German about mother
Don't learn too much, Jack, else you must do a great deal.
Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment
He who starts singing too high will never finish the song.
Proverbs and old sayings German about end
A sparrow in the hand is better than a pigeon on the roof.
Proverbs and old sayings German
Once is people's mouths, 'tis hard to get well out of them.
Proverbs and old sayings German about people
Asses sing badly, because they pitch their voices too high.
Proverbs and old sayings German
The bailiff's cow and another's cow are two different cows.
Proverbs and old sayings German
Mules are always boasting that their ancestors were horses.
Proverbs and old sayings German about ancestors
He that would stop everybody's mouth needs plenty of flour.
Proverbs and old sayings German
A fish should swim thrice: in water, in sauce, and in wine.
Proverbs and old sayings German about wine, fishing, water
If you would have the lamp burn, you must pour oil into it.
Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment
Everybody knows good counsel except him who has need of it.
Proverbs and old sayings German about moral, need, good, good luck
Affectation is a greater injury to the face than small-pox.
Proverbs and old sayings German about face
Weeping bride, laughing wife, laughing bride, weeping wife.
Proverbs and old sayings German about wife
