More German Proverbs
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere....
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Fall seven times, stand up eight...
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Never rely on the glory of the morning or the smiles of your mother-in...
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He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remain...
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He who cannot doubt, is a stupid man....
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Other Proverbs
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung....
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Long a widow weds with shame....
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Many a true word is spoken in jest....
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Nothing to be got without pains but poverty....
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For a stubborn ass a stubborn driver....
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The loveliest of faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half with the eye and half with the fancy
- German Proverb