Niemand sieht seine eigene Fehler.No one sees his own faults.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Was du thun willst, thue bald.What you do, do quickly.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVersprechen füllt den Magen nicht.Promises don’t fill the belly.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEs nimmt kein Weib einen alten Mann um Gottes willen.No woman marries an old man for God’s sake.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesViele Streiche fällen die Eiche.The repeated stroke will fell the oak.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUebel Botschaft kommt immer zu früh.Bad tidings always come too soon.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWälzender Stein wird nicht mooßig.A rolling stone gathers no moss.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesZeit bringt alles, wer warten kann.Time brings everything, to those who can wait for it.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer im Kleinen spart, kann im Großen freigebig sein.He who saves in little things, can be liberal in great ones.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNeben dem Fluß einen Brunnen bohren.To sink a well by the river side.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNiemand kann zugleich blasen und schlucken.No one can blow and swallow at the same time.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesReichen giebt man, Armen nimmt man.We give to the rich, and take from the poor.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGott hilft dem Stärksten.God helps the strongest.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLicht ist Licht, wenn’s gleich der Blinde nicht sieht.Light is light, though the blind man see it not.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSicherheit ist nirgends sicher.Security is nowhere safe.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer den Armen leihet, dem zahlet Gott die Zinsen.He who lends to the poor, gets his interest from God.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNoth vereinigt Herzen.Necessity unites hearts.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGroße Bäume geben mehr Schatten als Früchte.Great trees give more shade than fruit.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDer Hunger treibt dem Wolf aus dem Walde.Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEin Sperling in der Hand ist besser denn eine Taube auf dem Dache.A sparrow in the hand is better than a pigeon on the roof.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMeines Freundes Feind ist oft mein bester Freund.My friend’s enemy is often my best friend.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLangsam und gut.Slow and sure.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSollten alle Ehebrecher graue Röcke tragen, so würde das Tuch theuer.Were all adulterers to wear grey coats, the cloth would be dear.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer Andere anschwärzt, ist darum nicht weiß.Who blackens others, does not whiten himself.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources