Kein Kreuzer, kein Schweizer.No money, no Swiss.
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Wer will wissen, wer er sei, erzürne seiner zwei oder drei.If a man would know what he is, let him anger his neighbours.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAuch der beste Gaul stolpert einmal.Even the best hack stumbles once.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUebel Henne, die in Nachbars Häuser legt.It is a bad hen that lays in neighbours’ houses.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSagen und Thun ist zweierlei.Saying and doing are two things.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDer beste Prediger ist die Zeit.Time is the best preacher.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOft schießen trifft das Ziel.Often shooting hits the mark.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGroße Kirchen, kleine Heiligen.Big churches, little saints.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWo der Zaun am niedrigsten ist, steigt man über zu aller Frist.Where the hedge is lowest, men leap over.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDer Eine schlagt den Nagel ein, der Andere hängt den Hut daran.One man knocks in the nail, and another hangs his hat on it.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWorte thun oft mehr als Schläge.Words often do more than blows.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWilliges Pferd soll man nicht treiben.Spur not a willing horse.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEin Brand allein brennt nicht lange.One log does not burn long by itself.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNeid neidet sich selbst.Envy envies itself.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUebel gewonnen, übel zerronnen.Ill got, ill spent.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWährend das Gras wächst, ist der Hengst todt.While the grass grows, the steed starves.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesVerzagt’ Herz freit nimmer ein schön’ Weib.Faint heart never won fair lady.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesReden kommt von Natur, Schweigen vom Verstande.Speaking comes by nature, silence by understanding.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBeinahe bringt keine Mücke um.Almost never killed a fly.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesWer im Grabe liegt, dem ist wohl gebettet.He who lies in the grave, is well lodged.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSohnesweib haßt Mannesmutter.Daughter-in-law hates mother-in-law.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSchlachte nicht mehr als du wohl kannst salzen.Slaughter no more than you can well salt.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesRechten und borgen macht Kummer und Sorgen.Disputing and borrowing cause grief and sorrowing.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEs ist nicht noth daß die Pfaffen heirathen, so lange die Bauern Weiber haben.There is no occasion for priests to marry, while peasants have wives.
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