“Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet.”
— German proverb
“In time of war the devil makes more room in hell.”
— German proverb
“Truth has a handsome countenance but torn garments.”
— German proverb
“Better silent than stupid.”
— German proverb
“Speech is silver silence is golden.”
— German proverb
“God helps those who help themselves.”
— German proverb
“Who takes the child by the hand takes the mother by the heart.”
— German proverb
““But” is a fence over which few leap.”
— German proverb
“Envy eats nothing but its own heart.”
— German proverb
“The morning has gold in its mouth.”
— German proverb
“Invalids live longest.”
— German proverb
“Weeping bride laughing wife laughing bride weeping wife.”
— German proverb
“He who would rule must hear and be deaf see and be blind.”
— German proverb
“When the fox preaches look to your geese.”
— German proverb
“Charity looks at the need not at the cause.”
— German proverb
“Avarice hoards itself poor charity gives itself rich.”
— German proverb
“Good things are not done in a hurry.”
— German proverb
“Who begins too much accomplishes little.”
— German proverb
“A hedge between keeps friendship green.”
— German proverb
“Contentment is worth more than riches.”
— German proverb
“Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.”
— German proverb
“The best brewer sometimes makes bad beer.”
— German proverb
“The eyes believe themselves the ears believe other people.”
— German proverb
“The best carpenters make the fewest chips.”
— German proverb
“Patience is a bitter plant but it has sweet fruit.”
— German proverb
“Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.”
— German proverb
“To change and to improve are two different things.”
— German proverb
“Great things are done more through courage than through wisdom.”
— German proverb
“Nothing in this world is permanent.”
— German proverb
“Whose bread I eat his song I sing.”
— German proverb