Noth lehrt Künste.Necessity teaches arts.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Loben ist nicht lieben.Praising is not loving.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDas Pferd, das am Besten zieht, bekömmt die meisten Schläge.The horse that draws best is the most whipped.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLieber biegen als brechen.Better bend than break.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources”Ei ist Ei,” sagte der Küster, aber er nahm das Gans Ei.“An egg is an egg,” said the beadle, but he took the goose-egg.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEs schlafen nicht alle, welche die Augen zu haben.All are not asleep who have their eyes shut.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWorte sind gut, wenn Werke folgen.Words are good, when works follow.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDem alten Hunden ist schwer bellen lehren.It is hard to teach old dogs to bark.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesReiche Leute sind überall daheim.Rich people are everywhere at home.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer am Boden liegt, über den läuft Jedermann.He who lies on the ground must expect to be trodden on.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGedanken sind zollfrei, aber nicht Höllenfrei.Thoughts are toll-free, but not hell-free.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWie man sich bettet, so schläft man.As you make your bed, so you must lie on it.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNarren soll man nicht auf Eier setzen.Fools must not be set on eggs.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWie das Maul, also der Salat.Like lips, like lettuce.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer allzeit säuft, und allzeit schlemmt, behält zuletzt kein ganzes Hemd.He who is always drinking and stuffing, will in time become a ragamuffin.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWenn das Wort heraus ist, gehört’s einem Andern.When the word is out, it belongs to another.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEin Ding ist nicht bös, wenn man es gut versteht.A thing is not bad if well understood.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesViele Säcke sind des Esels Tod.Too many sacks are the death of the ass.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEin Schwert hält das andere in der Scheide.One sword keeps another in the sheath.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesOhne Wissen, ohne Sünde.Without knowledge, without sin.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer’s Uebel nicht straft, ladet es ins Haus.Who does not punish evil, invites it.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer gern borgt, bezahlet nicht gern.He who is quick at borrowing, is slow in paying.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGutschmecke macht Bettelsäcke.A lordly taste makes a beggar’s purse.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBesser ein lebendiges Wort als hundert todte.Better one living word than a hundred dead ones.
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Read the saying and check its sources