Verrath ist angenehm, Verräther verhaßt.The treason is loved, the traitor hated.
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Viele Freunde und wenige Nothhelfer.Many friends, and few helpers in need.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMittelweg ein sichrer Steg.The middle path is the safe path.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDie Kleinen reden gar so gern von dem, was die Großen thun.Little folks are fond of talking about what great folks do.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesArmuth ist listig, sie fängt auch einen Fuchs.Poverty is cunning; it catches even a fox.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSoll ich ersaufen, so muß es in saubern Wasser seyn.If I am to be drowned, it shall be in clean water.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesFleiß ist des Glückes Vater.Industry is the parent of fortune.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWas der Löwe nicht kann, das kann der Fuchs.What the lion cannot, the fox can.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWillst du stark sein, so überwinde dich selbst.Would you be strong, conquer yourself.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGroße Herren dürfen mit Heiligen scherzen.Great men may jest with saints.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEs wird keine Hochzeit vollbracht, es wird eine andere dabei erdacht.One marriage is never celebrated but another grows out of it.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesRath soll vor der That gehen.Advice should precede the act.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWer sich zum Schafe macht, den fressen die Wölfe.Make yourself a sheep, and the wolves will eat you.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDer Junge kann sterben, der Alte muß sterben.The young may die, the old must die.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGuter Anfang ist die halbe Arbeit.Well begun is half done.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLeichte Bürden werden ferne schwer.Light burdens carried far become heavy.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIst der Mensch geboren so fängt er an zu sterben.As soon as man is born he begins to die.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesJucken und Borgen thut wohl—aber nicht lang.Scratching and borrowing do well enough, but not for long.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHalbes Haus, halbe Hölle.Half a house is half a hell.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEinmal, Keinmal.Once upon a time, no time.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUnter zwei Uebeln muß man das kleinste wählen.Of two evils choose the least.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesRache ist neues Unrecht.Revenge is new wrong.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWer nicht singen kann, mag pfeifen.Who cannot sing, may whistle.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDer Fisch fängt am Kopf an zu stinken.Fish begin to stink at the head.
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