Wer kleine Sünden meidet, fällt nicht in große.Who avoids small sins, does not fall into great ones.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Ein Doktor und ein Bauer wissen mehr als ein Doktor allein.A doctor and a boor know more than a doctor alone.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEigenliebe macht die Augen trübe.Self-love is bad, and makes the eyes sad.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMüllers Henn’ und Wittwers Magd hat selten über Noth geklagt.The miller’s hen and widower’s maid, of want need never be afraid.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWohlfeil kostet viel Geld.Bargains are costly.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBesser ein Flick als ein Loch.Better a patch than a hole.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWo Wein eingeht, geht Scham aus.Where wine goes in, modesty goes out.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDer Katzen Scherz, der Mäuse Tod.What is sport to the cat is death to the mouse.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWem das Glück wohl will, dem will niemand übel.Whom fortune favours, the world favours.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesKein Haus ohne Maus, keine Scheuer ohne Korn, keine Rose ohne Dorn.No house without a mouse, no barn without corn, no rose without a thorn.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGetaufter Jude, beschnittener Christ.A baptised Jew is a circumcised Christian.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWas bald reif, hält nicht steif.What ripens fast does not last.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer das Kleine achtet, ist des Großen würdig.He who prizes little things, is worthy of great ones.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesRaubvögel singen nicht.Birds of prey do not sing.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWenig und oft macht zuletzt viel.Little and often makes a heap in time.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesFürsten-Gunst, Aprillenwetter, Frauenlieb und Rosenblätter, Würfelspiel und Kartenglück, ändern sich all’ Augenblick.Royal favour, April weather, woman’s love, rose-leaves, dice, and card-luck, change every moment.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAllzuviel ist nicht genug.Too much is not enough.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDes Volkes Stimme ist Gottes Stimme.The people’s voice is God’s voice.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSchweigender Hund beißt am ersten.The silent dog is the first to bite.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEifersucht ist eine Leidenschaft, die mit Eifer sucht, was Leiden schaft.Jealousy is a pain which eagerly seeks what causes pain.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesErziehst du dir einen Raben, so wird er dir die Augen ausgraben.Bring up a raven and he will peck out your eyes.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWenn die Katze außer dem Hause ist, tanzen die Mäuse.When the cat’s away the mice will play.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesFette Küche, magere Erbschaft.A fat kitchen makes a lean will.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEine Katze hat neun Leben, wie die Zwiebel sieben Häute.A cat has nine lives, as the onion seven skins.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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