1,640 German Proverbs
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“An old error is always more popular than a new truth.”
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“An old fox does not run twice into the snare.”
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“An old man loved is a winter with flowers.”
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“An ounce of mother-wit is worth a pound of school-wit.”
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“An uneducated person is like an unpolished mirror.”
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“Anger can't stand, without a strong hand.”
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“Anger hears no counsel.”
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“Anger without power is folly.”
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“Another man's horse and your own spurs outrun the wind.”
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“Apes remain apes, though you cloth them in velvet.”
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“Appearances are deceitful.”
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“Appearances are deceptive.”
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“April weather, woman's love, rose-leaves, dice, and card-luck,
change every moment.”
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“Art holds fast when all else is lost.”
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“As a man eats, so he works.”
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“As a thing is used, so it brightens.”
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“As a tree falls, so shall it lie.”
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“As fast as laws are devised, their evasion is contrived.”
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“As fortune is sought, so it is found.”
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“As good be an addled egg as an idle bird.”
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“As good eat the devil as the broth he was boiled in.”
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“As he thinketh in his heart, so is he.”
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“As is the gardener, so is the garden.”
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“As princes fiddle, subjects must dance.”
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“As soon a man is born he begins to die.”
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