German Proverb Quotes

A hedge between keeps friendship green.

Invalids live longest.

The best brewer sometimes makes bad beer.

Contentment is worth more than riches.

Who begins too much accomplishes little.

Good things are not done in a hurry.

Charity looks at the need not at the cause.

Avarice hoards itself poor charity gives itself rich.

When the fox preaches look to your geese.

He who would rule must hear and be deaf see and be blind.

Weeping bride laughing wife laughing bride weeping wife.

The eyes believe themselves the ears believe other people.

The morning has gold in its mouth.

Envy eats nothing but its own heart.

"But" is a fence over which few leap.

Who takes the child by the hand takes the mother by the heart.

Better silent than stupid.

Speech is silver silence is golden.

Truth has a handsome countenance but torn garments.

In time of war the devil makes more room in hell.

Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet.

Old birds are hard to pluck.

Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.

If God were not willing to forgive sin, heaven would be empty

There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.

Charity sees the need, not the cause.

It's the whole not the detail that matters.

God gives the nuts but he does not crack them.

You have to take it as it happens but you should try to make it happen the way you want to take it.

Never give advice unless asked.

An old man loved is Winter with flowers.

who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet..

When a dove begins to associate with crows its feathers remain white but its heart grows black.

Whose bread I eat his song I sing.

Nothing in this world is permanent.

Wealth lost-something lost Honor lost-much lost Courage lost-all lost.

Great things are done more through courage than through wisdom.

To change and to improve are two different things.

Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.

Patience is a bitter plant but it has sweet fruit.

The best carpenters make the fewest chips.