Ein Zaun dazwischen mag die Liebe erfrischen.A fence between makes love more keen.
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Gleiches Blut, gleiches Gut und gleiche Jahre, machen die besten Heirathspaare.Like blood, like means, and like age, make the happiest marriage.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWo kein Eifersucht, da ist keine Liebe.Where there’s no jealousy, there’s no love.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesVerbotenes Obst ist süß.Forbidden fruit is sweet.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMüßiggang ist aller Laster Anfang.Idleness is the root of all evil.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMit leerer Hand ist schwer Vögel fangen.It is hard to catch birds with an empty hand.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWer heirathet, thut wohl, wer ledig bleibt, thut besser.He who marries does well, but who remains single does better.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHans kommt durch seine Dummheit fort.Jack gets on by his stupidity.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWo Geld und Gut, da ist kein Muth.With houses and gold, men are rarely bold.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesStarke Leute haben starke Krankheit.Strong folks have strong maladies.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWer gute Beine hat, hat oft schlechte Stiefeln.He that has good legs, has often bad boots.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesKein Rauch ohne Feuer.No smoke without fire.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBittre Pillen vergoldet man.Bitter pills are gilded.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNichts vertrocknet balder als Thränen.Nothing dries sooner than tears.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDer Weg zum Verderben ist mit guten Vorsätzen gepflastert.The road to ruin is paved with good intentions.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLösche das Licht aus, so sind alle Weiber gleich.Put the light out, and all women are alike.
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Read the saying and check its sources”Rast ich, so rost ich,” sagt der Schlüssel.“If I rest, I rust,” says the key.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesJeder ist seines Glückes Schmidt.Everybody is the architect of his own fortune.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesFromme Leute wohnen weit auseinander.Good people live far asunder.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLade nicht alles in Ein Schiff.Do not ship all in one bottom.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesViele Prediger sind, die selbst nicht hören.There are many preachers who don’t hear themselves.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWäre Holzhauen ein Orden, wären nicht so viele Mönche geworden.If wood-hewing were an order, there would be fewer monks.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDem Zuschauer ist keine Arbeit zu viel.To the looker-on no work is too hard.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesKein Baum fällt auf den ersten Schlag.No tree falls at the first stroke.
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