Buy your neighbour's ox, and woo your neighbour's daughter.
Proverbs and old sayings German about commerce
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Charity gives itself rich, covetousness hoards itself poor.
Proverbs and old sayings German about charity, wealth
Crime is cunning; it puts an angel in front of every devil.
Proverbs and old sayings German about crime, criminals, angels, devil
No one can complain of the sea who twice suffers shipwreck.
Proverbs and old sayings German
Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue.
Proverbs and old sayings German about nature, eyes
Trust no one till you have eaten a bushel of salt with him.
Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment
Only when the horses have escaped do men repair the stable.
Proverbs and old sayings German about man
The most disorderly students make the most pious preachers.
Proverbs and old sayings German about students, saints
No one is unhappier than the one who believes in happiness.
Proverbs and old sayings German about happiness
He who buys a house gets many a plank and nail for nothing.
Proverbs and old sayings German about home, house, nothing
I give a present to the mother but I think of the daughter.
Proverbs and old sayings German about present, mother
O foolish world, why are you scratching around in the dark?
Proverbs and old sayings German about dark, world, contentment
A man trying to sell a blind horse always praises its feet.
Proverbs and old sayings German about commerce, blind, man
Where God bestows an office, he provides brains to fill it.
Proverbs and old sayings German about god
Many have good intentions, but something comes across them.
Proverbs and old sayings German about good, good luck
He who is afraid of doing too much, always does too little.
Proverbs and old sayings German
He who makes a mouse of himself, will be eaten by the cats.
Proverbs and old sayings German
A truth that comes too early or too late is just like a lie.
Proverbs and old sayings German about lie, truth
Those who wade in unknown waters will be sure to be drowned.
Proverbs and old sayings German
All had rather it were well for themselves than for another.
Proverbs and old sayings German
