Zorn thut nicht mit Rath.Anger hears no counsel.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Jedem dünket sein’ Eul’ ein Falk.Every one thinks his owl a falcon.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDer leere Wagen muß dem vollen ausweichen.The empty waggon must make room for the full one.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPfaffenknechte essen mit Schweiß, von Arbeit werden sie nicht heiß.Priestly knaves sweat hard at their meat, but never at work get into a heat.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSchöne Worte machen den Kohl nicht fett.Fair words don’t butter the cabbage.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWas der Eine nicht backt, das brauet der Andere.What one does not bake, another brews.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEs ist nicht gut der Poet im Dorfe zu sein.It is not good to be the poet of a village.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWas dem Einen recht ist, ist dem Andern billig.What is right for the one is reasonable for the other.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWer den einen Fuß im Hurenhaus hat, hat den andern im Spital.He who has one foot in a brothel, has the other in a hospital.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDer Pabst frißt Bauern, säuft Edelleute, und schießt Mönche.The pope eats peasants, gulps gentlemen, and voids monks.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDickkopf, Dummkopf.Big head, little wit.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer nichts lieber übt als Tadel, hat im Herzen keinen Adel.Who lends his lips to nought but blame, has in his heart no love of fame.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAls David kam ins Alter, sang er fromme Psalter.When David grew old he sang pious psalms.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources”Gehe hin, werd ein Krämer, ein Schalk,” sagt der Henker zu seinem Knecht.“Away with you, be a pedlar, a knave,” says the hangman to his man.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources”Alle Frachten lichten,” sagte der Schiffer, da warf er seine Frau über Bord.“All freight lightens,” said the skipper, when he threw his wife overboard.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGroße Fische fängt man in großen Wassern.Great fish are caught in great waters.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSelbst ist der Mann.Self is the man.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesViele Erben machen schmale Theile.Many heirs make small portions.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBesser frei in der Fremde als Knecht daheim.Better free in a foreign land than a serf at home.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNiemand hat sich über’s Meer zu beklagen, der zum zweiten Male Schiffbruch litt.No one can complain of the sea who twice suffers shipwreck.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesFeuer und Wasser sind gute Diener, aber schlimme Herren.Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer Unglück soll haben, der stolpert im Grase, fällt auf den Rücken und bricht seine Nase.He who is born to misfortune stumbles as he goes, and though he fall on his back will fracture his nose.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWo sich zweie zanken, gewinnt der Dritte.Where two fall out, the third wins.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie Bauern bitten nichts so sehr von Gott, als daß den Junkern die Rosse nicht Sterben, sonst würden sie die Bauern mit Sporen reiten.There is nothing for which the boors pray so much to God as that the horses of the squirearchy may not die, for otherwise they would ride the boors with spurs.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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