Wer redet was er will, muß hören was er nicht will.He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHe who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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- Henry G. Bohn · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (1857) · GERMAN PROVERBS · paragrafo 1238 · «Wer redet was er will, muß hören was er nicht will.»
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