He who is of on use to himself, is of no use to any one else.
Proverbs and old sayings German about use
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When the wine runs to waste in the cellar, he mends the cask.
Proverbs and old sayings German about waste, wine
He is a fool and ever shall, Who writes his name upon a wall.
Proverbs and old sayings German about name
It is easier to guard against a bushel of fleas than a woman.
Proverbs and old sayings German about woman
One hour's sleep before midnight is better than two after it.
Proverbs and old sayings German about sleep
What is the use of running when we are not on the right road?
Proverbs and old sayings German about use, rightness
A marriage in later years sends a letter to the grave digger.
Proverbs and old sayings German about marriage
With patience and time the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.
Proverbs and old sayings German about salary, patience, time
Were I a hatter, men would come into the world without heads.
Proverbs and old sayings German about heads, world, man
Drinking a little too much is drinking a great deal too much.
Proverbs and old sayings German about drinking
One cannot keep peace longer than his neighbour will let him.
Proverbs and old sayings German about peace
The older, the colder; the more avaricious, the more vicious.
Proverbs and old sayings German
He who has not tasted bitter things, knows not what sweet is.
Proverbs and old sayings German about bitter, things
Those that rule must hear and be deaf, must see and be blind.
Proverbs and old sayings German about rules, blind
You can do anything with children if you only play with them.
Proverbs and old sayings German about children, contentment
An egg is an egg, said the beadle, but he took the goose-egg.
Proverbs and old sayings German
To change and change for the better are two different things.
Proverbs and old sayings German about change, things
One marriage is never celebrated but another grows out of it.
Proverbs and old sayings German about marriage
Revenge of an hundred years old hath still its sucking teeth.
Proverbs and old sayings German about revenge, old, olderness
On Saint Thomas the Divine kill all turkeys, geese and swine.
Proverbs and old sayings German about saints
