Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Fromm, klug, weis und mild, gehört in des Adels Schild.Piety, prudence, wit, and civility, are the elements of true nobility.
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Was Menschenhände machen, können Menschenhände verderben.What man has made, man can destroy.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSteckenpferde sind theuerer als arabische Hengste.Hobby horses are dearer than Arabians.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesWer ungebeten kommt, geht ungedankt davon.Who comes unbidden departs unthanked.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSommersaat und Weiberrath geräth alle sieben Jahre einmal.Summer sown corn and women’s advice turn out well once in every seven years.
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