Es ist schwer stehlen, wo der Wirth selbst ein Dieb ist.It is hard to steal where the host himself is a thief.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Lange ist nicht ewig.Long is not for ever.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBesser ein lebender Hund als ein todter Löwe.Better a living dog than a dead lion.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLiebe, Feuer, Huften, Krätze, Gicht, lassen sich verbergen nicht.Love, fire, couch, the itch, and gout are not to be concealed.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesUnglück, Holz und Haar, wachsen alle Tage.Misfortune, wood, and hair, grow throughout the year.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWo keine Scham ist, ist auch keine Ehre.Where there’s no shame, there’s no honour.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesIst die Wirthin schön, ist auch der Wein schön.If the landlady is fair, the wine is fair.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesZeit gebiert Wahrheit.Time is the herald of truth.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGemalte Blumen riechen nicht.Painted flowers are scentless.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSchlafende Hunde soll man nicht wecken.Wake not a sleeping dog.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer gut bezahlt, kann wieder borgen.He who pays well may borrow again.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer schläft allein, der bleibt lang kalt; zwei wärmen sich einander bald.He who sleeps alone keeps long cold, two soon warm each other.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer an dem Wege bauet, der hat viele Meister.He who builds by the road-side has many masters.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDer Mann im Monde hat das Holz gestohlen.The man in the moon stole the wood.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLiebe deinen Nachbar, reiß aber den Zaun nicht ein.Love your neighbour, but don’t pull down the fence.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWas Pfaffen beißen und Wölfe, ist schwer zu heilen.The bites of priests and wolves are hard to heal.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEin Quentlein Klugheit ist besser denn ein Pfund Weisheit.A dram of discretion is worth a pound of wisdom.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesUnter den Blinden ist der Einäugige König.The one-eyed is a king among the blind.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDer Neutrale wird von oben begossen, von unten gesengt.Neutrals are soused from above, and singed from below.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHurtig zur Anbiß, hurtig zur Arbeit.Quick at meat, quick at work.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer Alles haben will, bekommt am Ende nichts.He who grasps at all, holds nothing fast.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEin jeder ist Kaiser in seinem Lande.Every one is emperor on his own ground.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesRathen ist leichter denn helfen.Advising is easier than helping.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWeniger Rath und viele Hände.Less advice and more hands.
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