Versprechen ist Eins und halten ein Anderes.Promising is one thing, performing another.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Zeit verräth und hängt den Dieb.Time betrays and hangs the thief.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer den Kern essen will, muß die Nuß knacken.He that wants the kernel must crack the nut.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEin Narr lobt den andern.One fool praises another.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEin Sack voll Flöhe ist leichter zu hüten wie ein Weib.A sack full of fleas is easier to watch than a woman.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer nicht kann mit dem Beutel, muß mit der Haut bezahlen.He who cannot pay with his purse, must pay with his hide.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLieb ohne Gegenliebist wie eine Frage ohne Antwort.Love without return is like a question without an answer.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNichts kühner als der Müller Hemd, das jeden Morgen einen Dieb beim Kragen nimmt.Nothing bolder than the miller’s shirt, that every morning collars a thief.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesTrinkt eine Gans, so trinken sie alle.When one goose drinks, all drink.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources”Glück zu!Gott ehre das Handwerk!” sprach der Schinder zum Richter. “Success to you! God speed the craft!” as the hangman said to the judge.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer den Sieg behält, der hat Recht.He who has victory, has right.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHerodes und Pilatus sind gute Freund’!Herod and Pilate are good friends!
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer zwischen zwei Freunden Richter ist, verliert den einen.He who is judge between two friends, loses one of them.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer wenig spricht, hat wenig zu antworten.Who says little, has little to answer for.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDas Huhn legt gern ins Nest, worin schon Eier sind.The hen likes to lay in a nest where there are eggs already.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMit Worten richtet man mehr aus als mit Händen.More is done with words than with hands.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEin leerer Sack steht nicht aufrecht.An empty sack will not stand upright.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDas Bessere ist ein Feind des Guten.Better is an enemy to good.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer mit jungen Ochsen pflügt, macht krumme Furchen.He who ploughs with young oxen, makes crooked furrows.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBeleidigst du einem Mönch, so knappen alle Kuttenzipfel bis nach Rom.Offend one monk, and the lappets of all cowls will flutter as far as Rome.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEs ist besser das Kind weine, denn der Vater.It is better the child should cry than the father.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesReiner Mund und treue Hand, gehen durch das ganze Land.A clean mouth and honest hand, will take a man through any land.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLiebe, Diebe und Furchtsamkeit, machen Gespenster.Love, thieves, and fear, make ghosts.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer Eier unter den Füßen hat, muß leis’ auftreten.He who treads on eggs, must tread lightly.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources