Begonnen ist halb gewonnen.Begun is half done.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Der Stärkste hat Recht.Right is with the strongest.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEssen und Trinken muß seyn und wären alle Bäume Galgen.We must eat and drink though every tree were a gallows.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGute Käufe leeren den Beutel.Good bargains empty the purse.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDer Fuchs ändert den Pelz und behält den Schalk.The fox changes his skin, but keeps the rogue.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEigenlob stinkt, Freundes Lob hinkt, Fremd Lob ist wahr und dauert wohl ein Jahr.Self-praise stinks, friends praise hinks, the stranger’s is sincere, and may last for a year.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGuter Wein bedarf keines Kranzes.Good wine needs no bush.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAdam muß eine Eva haben, die er zeiht was er gethan.Adam must have an Eve, to blame for his own faults.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAller Anfang ist schwer, sprach der Dieb und zuerst stahl einen Amboß.Every beginning is hard, said the thief, when he began by stealing an anvil.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources”Hätte ich gewußt” ist ein armer Mann.“Had I known” is a poor man.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWenn Gott ein Land strafen will, nimmt er den Herren die Weisheit.When God means to punish a nation, he deprives the rulers of wisdom.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSieht doch wohl die Katze den Kaiser an.A cat may look at a king.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWürf’ er einen Groschen auf’s Dach, fiel’ ihm ein Thaler herunter.Were he to throw a groat on the roof, it would come down a dollar.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEile mit Weile.Hasten at leisure.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesJe näher der Kirche, je weiter von Gott.The nearer the church, the farther from God.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBöser Pfennig kommt immer wieder.A bad penny always comes back.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWie gesät, so geschnitten.As you sow, you shall reap.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGut macht Uebermuth, Armuth macht Demuth.Riches cause arrogance; poverty, meekness.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDen letzten beißen die Hunde.The dogs bite the last.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEinen Nackten kann man nicht ausziehen.There is no stripping a naked man.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWorte füllen den Sack nicht.Words don’t fill the sack.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer Ohren hat zu hören, der höre.He who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesZornes Ausgang, der Reue Anfang.The end of wrath is the beginning of repentance.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer von Hoffnung lebt, der stirbt am Fasten.He who lives on hope, dies of hunger.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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