Friday, November 6, 2009

'German Proverbs'

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
German Proverb

A little too late, is much too late.
German Proverb

A teacher is better than two books.
German Proverb

All or nothing!
German Proverb

An old man loved is winter with flowers.
German Proverb

Anger without power is folly.
German Proverb

Better in the dust than crawl near the throne.
German Proverb

Beware of a silent dog and still water.
German Proverb

Fat hen lay few eggs.
German Proverb

He who has once burnt his mouth always blows his soup.

German Proverb

A miser is ever in want.
Greek Proverb

A small evil may be a great good.
Greek Proverb

A word out of season may mar a whole lifetime.
Greek Proverb

Act quickly, think slowly.
Greek Proverb

Add not fire to fire.
Greek Proverb

Affairs sleep soundly when fortune is present.
Greek Proverb

Don't hear one and judge two.
Greek Proverb

Endeavour to bear the ignorance of fortune with patience.
Greek Proverb

He who has been angry becomes cool again.
Greek Proverb

He who laughs not in the morning, laughs not at noon.
Greek Proverb

A cough will stick longer by a horse than a peck of oats.
Gypsy Proverb

A dapple-grey horse will sooner die than tire.
Gypsy Proverb

A lonely old crow, see someone you know, Fly to your right, sure to be right, And if you are hawking, money before night.
Gypsy Proverb

Flies go to lean horses.
Gypsy Proverb

Good horses can't be of a bad colour.
Gypsy Proverb

He that hath a white horse and a fair wife need never want for trouble.
Gypsy Proverb

In selling a horse praise his bad point, and leave the good ones to look after themselves.
Gypsy Proverb

One man may better steal a horse than another look on.
Gypsy Proverb

The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the horse thief not one.
Gypsy Proverb

Water trotted is as good as oats.
Gypsy Proverb

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