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German Proverb
To change and change for the better are two different things (change)
Charity sees the need, not the cause. (charity)
No answer is also an answer. (decisions)
A clear conscience is a soft pillow. (conscience)
Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet. (failure)
Office without pay makes thieves. (government)
In bad fortune hold out, in good hold in. (fortune)
One must either be the hammer or the anvil. (fate)
Fair flowers are not left standing along the wayside long. (flowers)
Envy eats nothing, but its own heart. (envy)
In the morning of life, work; in the mid day give council; in the evening, pray. (life and living)
It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. (eyes)
Forever is a long bargain. (eternity)
Towards evening the lazy person begins to get busy. (laziness)
Those that rule must hear and be deaf, must see and be blind. (leaders and leadersh)
Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. (luck)
Too much humility is pride. (humility)
Always something new, seldom something good. (novelty)
What little Jack does not learn, big John will never. (influence)
A man trying to sell a blind horse always praises its feet. (mediocrity)
Weeping bride, laughing wife, laughing bride, weeping wife. (marriage)
The worst behaved students turn out to be the most pious preachers. (preachers and preach)
Nothing weights lighter than a promise. (promises)
Begin to weave and God will give the thread. (procrastination)
Buying is cheaper than asking. (negotiation)
Those that will not hear must be made to feel. (persuasion)
Too aim is not enough, you must hit! (performance)
When fortune knocks open the door. (opportunity)
Prudent men woo thrifty women. (men)
Nothing is as new as something which as been long forgotten. (past)
Today must not borrow from tomorrow. (present)
An old error is always more popular than a new truth. (mistakes)
Cunning surpasses strength. (strength)
Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong. (revenge)
Rest breeds rust. (rest)
He who undertakes to be his own teacher has a fool for a pupil. (teachers and teachin)
A good speaker makes a good liar. (speakers and speakin)
The morning hour has gold in its mouth. (time and time manage)
Speaking comes by nature, silence by understanding. (speakers and speakin)
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. (proverbs)
Necessity unites. (unity)
What the lion cannot manage to do the fox can. (strength)
Even the lion has to defend himself against flies. (critics and criticis)
Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves. (conflict)
To advise is not to compel. (advice)
To advise is easier than to help. (advice)
Never give advice unless asked. (advice)
An old man loved is winter with flowers. (age and aging)
The greatest step is out the door. (action)
Take the world as it is, not as it ought to be. (adaptability)
The fatter the flea the leaner the dog. (animals)
Between the anvil and the hammer. (danger)
God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them. (action)
Mules are always boasting that their ancestors were horses. (ancestry)
The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. (wisdom)
To call war the soil of courage and virtue is like calling debauchery the soil of love. (war)
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