In der Mühle ist das Beste, daß die Säcke nicht reden können.The best of the mill is that the sacks can’t speak.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesThe best of the mill is that the sacks can’t speak.
Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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- Henry G. Bohn · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs (1857) · GERMAN PROVERBS · paragrafo 511 · «In der Mühle ist das Beste, daß die Säcke nicht reden können.»
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