Man without woman, is head without body; woman without man, is body without head.
Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Mann ohne Weib, ist Haupt ohne Leib; Weib ohne Mann, ist Leib ohne Haupt daran.
Man without woman, is head without body; woman without man, is body without head.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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