Wer gewinnen will, lerne vertragen.Who would win, must learn to bear.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Wer seinen Zorn bezwingt, hat einen Feind besiegt.The greatest conqueror is he who conquers himself.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEs giebt nur zwei gute Weiber auf der Welt: die Eine ist gestorben, die Andere nicht zu finden.There are only two good women in the world; the one is dead, the other not to be found.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWo man den Esel krönt, ist Stadt und Land gehöhnt.Where’er an ass is crown’d to fame, both town and country bear the shame.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNichts braucht keine Schlupfwinkel.Nought needs no hiding-place.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesIch möchte wissen wie der hieß, so nie vom Weib sich narren ließ.Who’s the man that was never fooled by a woman.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWas nicht nimmt Christus, das nimmt Fiscus.What is not taken by the Church is taken by the Exchequer.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDen Hungrigen ist nicht gut predigen.There is no good in preaching to the hungry.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDoktor Luthers Schuhe sind nicht allen Dorfpriestern gerecht.Doctor Luther’s shoes do not fit every parish priest.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNichts wiegt leichter als ein Versprechen.Nothing weighs lighter than a promise.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNarren bauen Häuser, der Kluge kauft sie.Fools build houses, wise men buy them.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer nicht kann fechten, gewinnt nichts im Rechten.Who cannot fight, wins nought by right.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMan soll nicht mehr Teufel rufen als man bannen kann.Raise no more devils than you can lay.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMuttertreu wird täglich neu.Mother’s truth keeps constant youth.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEin faules Ei verdirbt den ganzen Brei.One rotten egg spoils the whole pudding.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesIch will den Gaul gewinnen, oder den Sattel verlieren.I will win the horse, or lose the saddle.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEtwas ist besser als gar nichts.Better aught than nought.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNüchtern gedacht, voll gesagt.Thought when sober, said when drunk.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEin Trunk auf Salat schadet dem Doctor einen Ducat; ein Trunk auf ein Ei schadet ihm zwei.Drink upon salad costs the doctor a ducat; drink upon eggs costs him two.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEs giebt mehr alte Weintrinker als alte Aerzte.There are more old tipplers than old doctors.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDer Krieg ist lustig den unerfahrnen.War is pleasant to those who have not tried it.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAus des Esels Wadel wird kein Sieb.You cannot make a sieve of an ass’s tail.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWächst die Ehre spannenlang, wächst die Thorheit ellenlang.Where honour grows a span, folly grows an ell.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer einen Bauer betrügen will, muß einen Bauer mitbringen.He who would cheat a peasant, must take one with him.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources