1303 sayings with source references.
Wenn die Armuth zur Thür eingeht, so fliegt die Liebe zum Fenster hinaus.When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGold liegt tief im Berge, aber Koth am Wege.Gold lies deep in the mountain, dirt on the highway.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMit dem Pfeiflein gewonnen, mit dem Trommlein verthan.Got with the fife, spent with the drum.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWas Hänschen nicht lernt, lernt Hans nimmer.What Master Jacky does not learn, Mr. John never knows.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesJeder gilt so viel als er hat.Every one counts for as much as he has.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer die Kunst nicht übt, verlernt sie bald.Practise not your art, and ’twill soon depart.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie Besen kann man am wohlfeilsten geben, die man fertig stiehlt.Those besoms can be sold cheapest which are stolen ready made.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWo Freunde, da Reichthum.Where friends, there riches.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHörensagen ist halb gelogen.Hearsay is half lies.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer nicht in den Himmel will, braucht keine Predigt.He that will not be saved needs no preacher.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesTräume sind Schäume.Dreams are froth.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGefährte munter kürzet die Meilen.Cheerful company shortens the miles.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesFrisch gewagt ist halb gewonnen.Boldly ventured is half won.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWie leicht kommt nicht ein Haar in die Butter!How easily a hair gets into the butter!
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer regieren will, der muß hören und nicht hören, sehen und nicht sehen.He who would rule, must hear and be deaf, see and be blind.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEin schlechter Schütz, der keine Ausrede findet.He is a bad shot who cannot find an excuse.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMit einem Handwerk kommt man weiter als mit tausend Gulden.A good trade will carry farther than a thousand florins.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWären wir alle gescheidt, so gält’ ein Narr hundert Thaler.If every one were wise, a fool would be the prize.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWissen ist leichter als thun.To know is easier than to do.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWenig unternehmen giebt viel Frieden.Small undertakings give great comfort.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHundert Jahre Unrecht macht keine Stunde Recht.A hundred years of wrong do not make an hour of right.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesKaufen ist wohlfeiler als Bitten.Buying is cheaper than asking.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie Augen glauben sich selbst, die Ohren andern Leuten.The eyes believe themselves; the ears other people.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDer Pfaff liebt seine Heerde, doch die Lämmlein mehr als die Wedder.The priest loves his flock, but the lambs more than the wethers.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources