Quotes by Proverb, German

"To advise is not to compel."

Proverb, German on advice   

"To advise is easier than to help."

Proverb, German on advice   

"Never give advice unless asked."

Proverb, German on advice
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"An old man loved is winter with flowers."

Proverb, German on age and aging   

"No answer is also an answer."

Proverb, German on decisions
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"Envy eats nothing, but its own heart."

Proverb, German on envy
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"Forever is a long bargain."

Proverb, German on eternity
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"It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears."

Proverb, German on eyes
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"Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet."

Proverb, German on failure
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"One must either be the hammer or the anvil."

Proverb, German on fate
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"Fair flowers are not left standing along the wayside long."

Proverb, German on flowers   

"In bad fortune hold out, in good hold in."

Proverb, German on fortune   

"Mules are always boasting that their ancestors were horses."

Proverb, German on ancestry
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"Office without pay makes thieves."

Proverb, German on government   

"Too much humility is pride."

Proverb, German on humility
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"What little Jack does not learn, big John will never."

Proverb, German on influence   

"Towards evening the lazy person begins to get busy."

Proverb, German on laziness
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"Those that rule must hear and be deaf, must see and be blind."

Proverb, German on leadership   

"Liberty is God's gift, liberties the devil s."

Proverb, German on liberty   

"In the morning of life, work; in the mid day give council; in the evening, pray."

Proverb, German on life
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"The fatter the flea the leaner the dog."

Proverb, German on animals   

"Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it."

Proverb, German on luck   

"Weeping bride, laughing wife, laughing bride, weeping wife."

Proverb, German on marriage   

"A man trying to sell a blind horse always praises its feet."

Proverb, German on mediocrity
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"Prudent men woo thrifty women."

Proverb, German on men   

"An old error is always more popular than a new truth."

Proverb, German on mistakes   

"Buying is cheaper than asking."

Proverb, German on negotiation   

"Always something new, seldom something good."

Proverb, German on novelty   

"When fortune knocks open the door."

Proverb, German on opportunity   

"Nothing is as new as something which as been long forgotten."

Proverb, German on past
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"Too aim is not enough, you must hit!"

Proverb, German on performance   

"Those that will not hear must be made to feel."

Proverb, German on persuasion   

"The worst behaved students turn out to be the most pious preachers."

Proverb, German on preachers and preaching   

"Today must not borrow from tomorrow."

Proverb, German on present   

"Begin to weave and God will give the thread."

Proverb, German on procrastination
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"Nothing weights lighter than a promise."

Proverb, German on promises   

"A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs."

Proverb, German on proverbs   

"Rest breeds rust."

Proverb, German on rest   

"Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong."

Proverb, German on revenge   

"A good speaker makes a good liar."

Proverb, German on speakers and speaking
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