Rast ich, so rost ich. (When I rest, I rust.).
GERMAN PROVERB A poor person isn't he who has little, but he who needs a lot.
GERMAN PROVERB To change and to change for the better are two different things.
GERMAN PROVERB Charity sees the need not the cause.
GERMAN PROVERB A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
GERMAN PROVERB You know you're getting old when you look at a beautiful 19-year-old girl and you find yourself thin...
GERMAN PROVERB A great war leaves the country with three armies - an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an ...
GERMAN PROVERB A flatterer has water in one hand and fire in the other.
GERMAN PROVERB Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day
GERMAN PROVERB Loquacity and lying are cousins.
GERMAN PROVERB No answer is also an answer.
GERMAN PROVERB Luck sometimes visits a fool, but it never sits down with him.
GERMAN PROVERB He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief
GERMAN PROVERB Envy eats nothing but its own heart
GERMAN PROVERB He who borrows sells his freedom.
GERMAN PROVERB He who borrows sells his freedom
GERMAN PROVERB Buying is cheaper than asking.
GERMAN PROVERB Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong.
GERMAN PROVERB Charity sees the need, not the cause.
GERMAN PROVERB He who teaches children learns more than they do
GERMAN PROVERB Never give advice unless asked.
GERMAN PROVERB Who begins too much accomplishes little.
GERMAN PROVERB It's the whole, not the detail, that matters.
GERMAN PROVERB If you have a good friend, you don't need a mirror.
GERMAN PROVERB He who teaches children learns more than they do.
GERMAN PROVERB God gives, but man must open his hand.
GERMAN PROVERB As fast as laws are devised, their evasion is contrived.
GERMAN PROVERB Anger without power is folly.
GERMAN PROVERB A hedge between keeps friendship green.
GERMAN PROVERB To remain young while growing old is the highest blessing
GERMAN PROVERB What is sport to the cat is death to the mouse
GERMAN PROVERB When the fox preaches, look to your geese
GERMAN PROVERB One must either be the hammer or the anvil.
GERMAN PROVERB An example from the monkey: the higher it climbs, the more you see of its behind
GERMAN PROVERB Politeness is what warmth is to wax
GERMAN PROVERB Ambition and fleas both jump high
GERMAN PROVERB A baptized Jew is a circumcised Christian
GERMAN PROVERB Happy is the one who forgets that which cannot be changed
GERMAN PROVERB You can do anything with children if only you play with them
GERMAN PROVERB Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet.
GERMAN PROVERB An old man loved is a winter with flowers
GERMAN PROVERB Not every ass has long ears
GERMAN PROVERB Where there are no swamps there are no frogs
GERMAN PROVERB The stomach is easier filled than the eye
GERMAN PROVERB The only real equality is in the cemetery
GERMAN PROVERB Forever is a long bargain.
GERMAN PROVERB To bury grief plant a seed.
GERMAN PROVERB No woman marries an old man for God's sake.
GERMAN PROVERB Who begins too much accomplished little.
GERMAN PROVERB The morning hour has gold in its mouth.
GERMAN PROVERB Take the world as it is, not as it ought to be.
GERMAN PROVERB Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.
GERMAN PROVERB In bad fortune hold out, in good hold in.
GERMAN PROVERB Begin to weave and God will give the thread.
GERMAN PROVERB He who wants to warm himself in old age must build a fireplace in his youth
GERMAN PROVERB A teacher is better than two books
GERMAN PROVERB A fence lasts three years, a dog lasts three fences, a horse lasts three dogs, and a man lasts three...
GERMAN PROVERB Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.
GERMAN PROVERB If you put out another's candle, you also will be in the dark
GERMAN PROVERB Give up the smallest part of a secret, and the rest is no longer in your power
GERMAN PROVERB He who likes cherries soon learns to climb
GERMAN PROVERB If the eye does not want to see, neither light nor glasses will help
GERMAN PROVERB Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.
GERMAN PROVERB Except for the night, we could never know the stars
GERMAN PROVERB Silence is a fence around wisdom
GERMAN PROVERB The wise man has long ears and a short tongue
GERMAN PROVERB Who speaks ill of others to you will speak ill of you to others
GERMAN PROVERB When a dove begins to associate with crows its feathers remain white but its heart grows black
GERMAN PROVERB A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs
GERMAN PROVERB If the old dog barks, he gives counsel
GERMAN PROVERB A bad penny always comes back
GERMAN PROVERB Many look with one eye at what they give, but with seven at what they receive
GERMAN PROVERB He who blackens others does not whiten himself
GERMAN PROVERB There is no one luckier than he who thinks himself so
GERMAN PROVERB Empty heads are very fond of long titles
GERMAN PROVERB Towards evening the lazy person begins to get busy.
GERMAN PROVERB Those who get lost on the way to school will never find their way through life
GERMAN PROVERB God's mill goes slowly but grinds fine
GERMAN PROVERB To call war the soil of courage and virtue is like calling debauchery the soil of love.
GERMAN PROVERB Better an honest enemy than a false friend
GERMAN PROVERB Joy and sorrow are next door neighbors
GERMAN PROVERB A good speaker makes a good liar.
GERMAN PROVERB What the lion cannot manage to do the fox can.
GERMAN PROVERB To live long, eat like a cat, drink like a dog
GERMAN PROVERB Money lent to a friend must be recovered from an enemy
GERMAN PROVERB The fatter the flea the leaner the dog.
GERMAN PROVERB Between the anvil and the hammer.
GERMAN PROVERB Do not despise an insignificant enemy or a slight wound
GERMAN PROVERB Coffee and love are best when they are hot
GERMAN PROVERB There is no better gambling than not to gamble
GERMAN PROVERB Nothing is as new as something which as been long forgotten.
GERMAN PROVERB A good neighbor doubles the value of a house.
GERMAN PROVERB Wealth lost---something lost; honor lost---much lost; Courage lost---all lost.
GERMAN PROVERB He who teaches a boy teaches three: a youth, a young man, and an old man
GERMAN PROVERB The more laws the less justice
GERMAN PROVERB A good name is a second inheritance
GERMAN PROVERB There is no eel so small but it hopes to become a whale
GERMAN PROVERB Always something new, seldom something good.
GERMAN PROVERB Blind zeal can only do harm
GERMAN PROVERB An uneducated person is like an unpolished mirror
GERMAN PROVERB Fair flowers are not left standing along the wayside long.
GERMAN PROVERB Who accepts nothing has nothing to return
GERMAN PROVERB He who prizes little things is worthy of great ones
GERMAN PROVERB A young doctor means a new graveyard
GERMAN PROVERB Long is not forever
GERMAN PROVERB The oldest trees often bear the sweetest fruit
GERMAN PROVERB Those who don't pick roses in summer won't pick them in winter either
GERMAN PROVERB Be silent, or say something better than silence
GERMAN PROVERB Not to be ashamed of sin is to sin double
GERMAN PROVERB People show their character by what they laugh at
GERMAN PROVERB Never give advice unasked
GERMAN PROVERB Learned fools exceed all fools
GERMAN PROVERB It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears.
GERMAN PROVERB Speaking comes by nature, silence by understanding
GERMAN PROVERB Those that rule must hear and be deaf, must see and be blind.
GERMAN PROVERB Who rides slow, must saddle betimes
GERMAN PROVERB For the diligent, a week has seven days; for the slothful, seven tomorrows
GERMAN PROVERB The greatest step is out the door.
GERMAN PROVERB Charity sees the need, not the cause
GERMAN PROVERB Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses
GERMAN PROVERB Beauty is a good letter of introduction
GERMAN PROVERB The worse scoundrels make the best preachers
GERMAN PROVERB Those who tickle themselves may laugh when they please
GERMAN PROVERB One nail drives out another
GERMAN PROVERB He who conquers his anger has conquered an enemy
GERMAN PROVERB When God says To-day, the devil says To-morrow.
GERMAN PROVERB When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost...
GERMAN MOTTO We believe that a peaceful solution to the chaos caused by the illegal war in Iraq will only be poss...
LINDSEY GERMAN A cliche a day keeps the doctor away
GERMAN DOUGHERTY I'm very klutzy. I've fallen off horses, I've tripped with my high-heeled boots over a s...
LAUREN GERMAN I always get cast as the girl who's dying or the girl who's killing or the girl who's su...
LAUREN GERMAN The richest man is not he who has the most but he who needs the least.
GERMAN MUHLENBERG Contacts must be closer between the Ministry of Industry and Energy and oil companies to fix [fuel] ...
GERMAN GREF Higher grain prices increase the risk of higher prices for bread products.
GERMAN GREF These factors will pass, and the situation will be back to normal.
GERMAN GREF The size of the gray market should be reduced at least down to 15% by the end of this year.
GERMAN GREF The geography of these projects varies from mechanical engineering to the high-tech sphere and chemi...
GERMAN GREF Progress should be made on these two points. The bill on the repatriation of capital is being polish...
GERMAN GREF By 2010, GDP will not be doubled but we will be able to achieve fairly high economic growth using ad...
GERMAN GREF We hope that under any scenario, the ruble's appreciation will range within 4-6% in 2006 and will ev...
GERMAN GREF This is the cornerstone of the government's policy and a major mid- and long-term challenge.
GERMAN GREF And if they can increase the rate of abstention by scaring people away from voting, that would rob U...
GERMAN ESPEJO The paramilitaries played a decisive role in this election, particularly in the northern part of the...
GERMAN ESPEJO In practice he has been able to reduce crime statistics, like kidnapping and homicide, in the major ...
GERMAN ESPEJO Most paramilitary power is still intact and it is logical to think they will gain power as they go f...
GERMAN ESPEJO If these incidents are repeated and they happen frequently, it could have a more serious effect on t...
GERMAN ESPEJO We chose Citadel's Hercules Security Appliance because it is a powerful, cost-effective solution for...
GERMAN RODRIGUEZ We chose Citadel's Hercules Security Appliance because it is a powerful, cost-effective solution for...
GERMAN RODRIGUEZ I have no idea what they say. I just recognize the company name and the picture.
GERMAN RODRIGUEZ I was going for personal records. I was most pleased with the bench press. It was from 275 pounds tw...
GERMAN PEREZ The concentration of dangerous elements would be so insignificant by the time the river carries it i...
GERMAN NOVOMODNY After creating the chamber of commerce we want to make history and have a Hispanic heritage parade.
GERMAN LOPEZ My goal is for the first time in Round Lake to unite all the businesses in Round Lake and sit at one...
GERMAN LOPEZ I think we're a tougher team this year. We'd like to go back the the finals, and we know that's goin...
GERMAN LOPEZ There are a lot of young guys who play hard and give 100 percent on the field. I think good things w...
FRANKLYN GERMAN You have to pitch inside. It was a sinker that moved too much. I didn't want to hit him. What can yo...
FRANKLYN GERMAN The thing about him is his mind. He knows everything about everything. He's like a legend.
FRANKLYN GERMAN It breaks good. All I need is a little more confidence to use it.
FRANKLYN GERMAN This shows exactly what they think of democracy and peoples' right to protest over a war that the ov...
LINDSEY GERMAN A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely be...
PROVERB To know and not to do is not to know
PROVERB Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
PROVERB The time to make friends is before you need them.
PROVERB Short judgments make long friends.
PROVERB It is prosperity that gives us friends, adversity that proves them.
PROVERB A friend is someone who doesn't like the same people you do.
PROVERB Be slow in choosing a friend, but slower in changing him.
PROVERB Broken friendships can be soldered, but never sound.
PROVERB From small beginnings come great things.
PROVERB Some will, some don't, so what!
PROVERB Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.
PROVERB Try and trust will move mountains.
PROVERB He who walks with the lame learns how to limp.
PROVERB Make peace with man and war with your sins.
PROVERB A sin confessed is half forgiven.
PROVERB All sins cast long shadows.
PROVERB Simplicity is the seal of truth.
PROVERB A silent mouth is melodious.
PROVERB Silence implies consent.
PROVERB The Laws of Clothing Shopping:
If you like it, they don't have it in your size.
If you like it...
PROVERB Shame is worse than death.
PROVERB God likes help when helping people.
PROVERB One is rated by others as he rates himself.
PROVERB Attack is the best form of defense.
PROVERB Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth.
PROVERB A secret between two is God's secret, between three is all men s.
PROVERB When we don't have what we like, we must like what we have.
PROVERB It is better to be safe than sorry.
PROVERB Better to be safe than sorry.
PROVERB Kings have many ears and eyes.
PROVERB It is bad luck to fall out of a thirteenth story window on Friday.
PROVERB Every time you wake up and ask yourself, What good things am I going to do today?, remember t...
PROVERB A soft answer turneth away wrath.
PROVERB Cunning surpasses strength.
PROVERB What the lion cannot manage to do the fox can.
PROVERB Three things give us hardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses, breathing cold air, and eating dr...
PROVERB The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord.
PROVERB Two great talkers will not travel far together.
PROVERB A closed mouth catches no flies.
PROVERB He who comes from afar may lie without fear of contradiction as he is sure to be listened to with th...
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