Everybody thinks his own cuckoo sings better than another's nightingale.
Proverbs and old sayings German
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Nothing looks more like a man of sense than a fool who holds his tongue.
Proverbs and old sayings German about common sense, sense, nothing, man
Criticism of the state is all right, but don't forget the nation is you.
Proverbs and old sayings German about criticism, state, nation, rightness, contentment
All skill is in vain when an angel pees in the touchhole of your musket.
Proverbs and old sayings German about angels
No house without a mouse, no barn without corn, no rose without a thorn.
Proverbs and old sayings German about home, house
A foreign language is more easily learned in the kitchen than at school.
Proverbs and old sayings German about school, language, kitchen
Who deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceive me twice, shame on me.
Proverbs and old sayings German about shame
Wherever there is a pretty spot, the devil plants a monastery or a lord.
Proverbs and old sayings German about devil
Make yourself an ass, and you'll have every man's sack on your shoulders.
Proverbs and old sayings German about man, contentment
All freight lightens, said the skipper, when he threw his wife overboard.
Proverbs and old sayings German about wife
Drink upon salad costs the doctor a ducat; drink upon eggs costs him two.
Proverbs and old sayings German about drinking
Nurenberg wit and a skilful hand, will find their way through every land.
Proverbs and old sayings German
Tell not all you know; believe not all you hear; do not all you are able.
Proverbs and old sayings German about faith, contentment
He who finds what has not been lost, will chance to die before he is ill.
Proverbs and old sayings German about chance, death
Friendship with the French is like their wine; exquisite but short lived.
Proverbs and old sayings German about friendship, wine
What the peacock has too little on his head, he has too much on his tail.
Proverbs and old sayings German about heads
Who lends his lips to nought but blame, has in his heart no love of fame.
Proverbs and old sayings German about fame, heart, love
Where'er an ass is crown'd to fame, both town and country bear the shame.
Proverbs and old sayings German about fame, city, country, shame
He that is busy is tempted but by one devil, he that is idle by a legion.
Proverbs and old sayings German about devil
He who is always drinking and stuffing, will in time become a ragamuffin.
Proverbs and old sayings German about drinking, time
