Wahrheit wird wohl gedrückt, aber nicht erstickt.Truth may be suppressed, but not strangled.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQuotations by Tradizione tedesca
1303 sayings with source references.
Große Schwätzer sind gemeiniglich Lügner.Great talkers are commonly liars.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWeiber-Schönheit, das Echo im Wald; und Regenbogen vergehen bald.Woman’s beauty, the forest echo, and rainbows, soon pass away.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesFeuer im Herzen bringt Rauch in den Kopf.Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesIn armer Leute Mund verdirbt viel Weisheit.Much wisdom is lost in poor men’s mouths.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGieb nie das Fell, wo du mit der Wolle zahlen kannst.Never give the skin when you can pay with the wool.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWorte vom Schnee der vor’m Jahre fiel.Words of snow, which fell last year.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesJe höher die Glocke hängt, je heller sie klingt.The higher the bell is hung, the shriller it sounds.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesPfaffen lachen junge Weiber auch gern an.Priests even smile pleasantly on young women.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAlle Freier sind reich, und alle Gefangenen arm.All wooers are rich, and all captives poor.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer kleinen Herren dienet, der ist selbst Herr mit.He who serves small masters, is himself one of them.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLieben und Singen läßt sich nicht zwingen.Loving and singing are not to be forced.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBlut ist dicker als Wasser.Blood is thicker than water.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWasser ist das stärkste Getränk, es treibt Mühlen.Water is the strongest drink; it drives mills.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEin Feind ist zu viel, und hundert Freunde sind zu wenig.One foe is too many, and a hundred friends are too few.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesJeder Arbeiter ist seines Lohnes werth.Every labourer is worthy of his hire.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEs ist ein weises Kind das seinen Vater kennt.It is a wise child that knows its own father.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSiehe erst auf dich, dann richte mich.First look at home, then censure me.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBöser Vögel, böses Ei.Bad bird, bad egg.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesKleine Diebe henkt man, vor großen zieht man den Hut ab.We hang little thieves, and take off our hats to great ones.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesZusagen macht Schuld.Promises make debts.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDie Ehe ist Himmel und Hölle.Marriage is heaven and hell.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWo Geld ist, da ist der Teufel; wo keines ist, da ist er zweimal.Where there’s money, there is the devil; but where there’s none, a greater evil.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDer König kann nicht allweg regieren wie er will.The king cannot always rule as he wishes.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources