Was Menschenhände machen, können Menschenhände verderben.What man has made, man can destroy.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Steckenpferde sind theuerer als arabische Hengste.Hobby horses are dearer than Arabians.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer ungebeten kommt, geht ungedankt davon.Who comes unbidden departs unthanked.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSommersaat und Weiberrath geräth alle sieben Jahre einmal.Summer sown corn and women’s advice turn out well once in every seven years.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSchäme dich deines Handwerks nicht.Be not ashamed of your craft.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesRache bleibt nicht ungerochen.Revenge remains not unrevenged.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNimmer Geld, nimmer Gesell.No penny, no paternoster.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBricht ein Ring, so bricht die ganze Kette.One link broken, the whole chain is broken.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer kauft, was er nicht braucht, wird bald verkaufen, was er braucht.He who buys what he don’t want, will soon sell what he does want.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNoth lehrt auch den Lahmen tanzen.Necessity teaches even the lame to dance.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesKönnte man jedes Ding zweimal machen, so stünd es besser in allen Sachen.Could everything be done twice, everything would be done better.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer die Leiter hinauf will, muß bei der untersten Sproße anfangen.He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesPfaffen sollen nicht aus der Beichte schwatzen.Priests should not prate out of the confessional.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWas hilft laufen, wenn man nicht auf dem rechten Weg ist?What is the use of running, when we are not on the right road?
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGlücklich ist, wer vergißt, was nicht mehr zu ändern ist.He is lucky who forgets what cannot be mended.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLang geborgt ist nicht geschenkt.Long borrowed is not given.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBesser freundlich versagen, als unwillig gewähren.Better a friendly denial than an unwilling compliance.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer bringt, ist willkommen.He who brings, is welcome.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesJeder meint, was er im Sinne hat, das läuten alle Glocken.Every one thinks that all the bells echo his own thoughts.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesJuristen sind böse Christen.Lawyers are bad Christians.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGlücklich über die Bruk, verlacht man San Nepomuck.Safe over the bridge, one laughs at St. Nepomuck.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWo Gewalt recht hat, da hat Recht keine Gewalt.Where might is right, right is not might.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHeute Kaufmann, morgen Bettelmann.Merchant to-day, beggar to-morrow.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEs ist leichter einen Scheffel voll Flöhe hüten als ein Weib.It is easier to guard against a bushel of fleas than a woman.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources