Adler brüten keine Tauben.Eagles do not breed doves.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Wer dem Pöbel dient, hat ’nen schlechten Herrn.He who serves the people has a bad master.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGroße Diebe hängen die kleinen.Great thieves hang little thieves.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesKurze Haare sind bald gebürstet.Short hair is soon brushed.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNeue Liedlein singt man gern.New songs are eagerly sung.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSchöne Worte füllen den Sack nicht.Fair words don’t fill the pocket.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBöse Waare muß man aufschwatzen.Bad ware must be cried up.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEs will dem Diebe kein Baum gefallen, daran er hänge.The thief cannot find any tree that suits him for a gallows.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDie Sonne wirds bringen an den Tag, was unterm Schnee verborgen lag.The sun will bring to light what lay under the snow.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNeue Besen kehren gut.New brooms sweep clean.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNeue Kirchen und neue Wirthshäuser stehen selten leer.New churches and new taverns are seldom empty.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer findet ehe verloren wird, der stirbt ehe er krank wird.He who finds what has not been lost, will chance to die before he is ill.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEines Narren Bolzen ist bald verschossen.A fool’s bolts is soon shot.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWas selten kommt, kommt wohl scharf.What comes seldom, comes sharp.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEs ist nicht Alles Gold, was glänzt.All is not gold that glitters.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWasser in’s Meer tragen.To carry water to the sea.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDer Amboß ist des Lärms gewohnt.The anvil is used to noise.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWem es allezeit zu früh dünkt, der kommt gewiß zu spät.He who always thinks it is too soon, is sure to come too late.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSchöne Blumen stehen nicht lange am Wege.Fair flowers do not remain long by the wayside.
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Read the saying and check its sources”Viel Geschrei und wenig Wolle,” sagte der Narr und schor ein Schwein.“Great cry and little wool,” said the fool, when he sheared a pig.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBesser: Da läuft er, als: Da hängt er.Better, There he goes, than, There he hangs.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDraußen hat man hundert Augen, daheim keine.Abroad one has a hundred eyes, at home not one.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWie der Herr, so der Knecht.Like master, like man.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesRede, daß ich dich sehe.Speak, that I may see thee.
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