1,640 German Proverbs
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“Everybody must wear out one pair of fool's shoes, if he wear no
more.”
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“Everybody thinks his own cuckoo sings better than another's
nightingale.”
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“Everybody's busy is nobody's business.”
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“Everybody's companion is nobody's friend.”
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“Everybody's friend, everybody's fool.”
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“Everything would be well were there not a "but."”
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“Except for the night, we could never know the stars.”
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“Exchange is no robbery.”
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“Fair flowers to not remain long by the wayside.”
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“Fair hair may hae foul roots.”
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“Fair words don't fill the pocket.”
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“Fancy requires much, necessity but little.”
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“Fat hens lay few eggs.”
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“Fir and water are good servants, but bad masters.”
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“Fire and faggot are but sad reformers.”
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“Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head.”
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“Fire is a good servant but a bad master.”
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“First look at home, then censure me.”
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“First weigh, then venture.”
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“Fish begin to stink at the head.”
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“Five fingers hold more than two forks.”
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“Flatterers are cats that lick before and scratch behind.”
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“Flatterers haunt not cottages.”
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“Folks say there is a lack of four sorts of people on earth: of
priests, else one would not have six or seven benefices; of
gentleman, else every boor would not want to be a squire; of
whores, else married women and nuns would not carry on the trade;
of Jews, else Christians would not practise usury.”
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“Follow Love and it will flee,
Flee love and it will follow thee.”
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