Ein Keil treibt den andern.One wedge drives another.
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Von Worten zu Werken ein weiter Weg.Between wording and working is a long road.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWo Liebe mangelt, erspähet man alle Fehler.Where there’s no love, all faults are seen.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTugend leidet oft Noth, aber nicht den Tod.Virtue never dies.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDie gezählten Schafe frißt der Wolf auch.Even counted sheep are eaten by the wolf.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWir können nicht Alle Pabst zu Rom werben.We cannot all be Pope of Rome.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMüßiggang ist des Teufels Ruhebank.An idle brain is the devil’s workshop.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDie gelehrte Narren sind über alle Narren.Learned fools exceed all fools.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDie Augen sind weiter dann der Bauch.The eye is bigger than the belly.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWer drei Feinde hat, muß sich mit zweien vertragen.He who has three enemies must agree with two.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDie Katze möchte die Fische wohl, sie mag aber die Füße nicht naß machen.The cat loves fish, but is loth to wet her feet.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesVolkes Stimme, Gottes Stimme.The people’s voice, God’s voice.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNicht alle Blumen taugen zum Sträußchen.Not all flowers are fit for nosegays.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesErst besinn’s, dann beginn’s.Look before you leap.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAus andrer Leuten Häuten ist gut Riemen schneiden.Good thongs may be cut out of other people’s hides.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesStille Wasser sind tief.Still waters run deep.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHeut’ im Putz, morgen im Schmutz.To-day in finery, to-morrow in filth.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTapfer angegriffen ist halb gefochten.A bold onset is half the battle.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesKurze Rechnung, lange Freundschaft.Short reckoning makes long friends.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEin Mann, ein Wort; ein Wort, ein Mann.A man, a word; a word, a man.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUndank ist der Welt Lohn.Ingratitude is the world’s reward.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesJe ärger der Mahner, je schlimmer der Zahler.The worse the dun, the worse the paymaster.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMan soll nicht aus der Schule schwatzen.Tell no tales out of school.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWer’s links anfängt, dem geht’s links.Who begins amiss, ends amiss.
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