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Mother, I must have a husband, or I shall set fire to the house.

Proverbs and old sayings German about husband, mother, fire, fire brigade, home, house

Greatness alone in not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare.

Proverbs and old sayings German about greatness

Take care of your plough, and your plough will take care of you.

Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment

An ounce of a mother's wit is worth a pound of schoolgirl's wit.

Proverbs and old sayings German about mother

Like blood, like means, and like age, make the happiest marriage.

Proverbs and old sayings German about marriage, blood, age, olderness

Mules make a great fuss about their ancestors having been horses.

Proverbs and old sayings German about ancestors

Proverbs are like butterflies, some are caught and some fly away.

Proverbs and old sayings German

He who puts his nose in a turd does not know what he is smelling.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Cheese is gold in the morning, silver at noon, and lead at night.

Proverbs and old sayings German about night

There are more ways of killing a dog than choking it with butter.

Proverbs and old sayings German

He who buys what he don't want, will soon sell what he does want.

Proverbs and old sayings German about commerce

Where all adulterers to wear grey coats, the cloth would be dear.

Proverbs and old sayings German

You can eat and drink with your family but not count and measure.

Proverbs and old sayings German about measure, family, drinking, contentment

He who lives in a glass house should be the last to throw stones.

Proverbs and old sayings German about home, house

How many daily read the Word, and yet from vice are not deterred.

Proverbs and old sayings German about vice, word

Give unto the king what is the king's, and unto God what is God's.

Proverbs and old sayings German about god

Don't make a mouse of yourself, or else you will be eaten by cats.

Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment

Small profits and often, are better than large profits and seldom.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Long choosing and cheapening ends in buying nothing, or bad wares.

Proverbs and old sayings German about end, nothing, bad luck, bad

Small profits are often, are better than large profits and seldom.

Proverbs and old sayings German