Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Wir wollen ihn bitten, wie man dem Esel thut; wenn er die Säck’ nicht will tragen, so schlägt man ihn genug.Entreat him in jackass fashion; if he won’t carry the sack, give him a whack.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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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.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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