Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Ein Nagel erhällt ein Eisen, das Eisen ein Roß, das Roß den Mann, der Mann eine Burg und die Burg das ganze Land.A nail secures the horse-shoe, the shoe the horse, the horse the man, the man the castle, and the castle the whole land.
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Was Menschenhände machen, können Menschenhände verderben.What man has made, man can destroy.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSteckenpferde sind theuerer als arabische Hengste.Hobby horses are dearer than Arabians.
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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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