Proverb, German quotes

Sayings of German Origin

Work is our business; it s success is God s.
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Business

To change and change for the better are two different things
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Change

Charity sees the need, not the cause.
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Charity

No answer is also an answer.
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Decisions

A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
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Conscience

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

Office without pay makes thieves.
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Government

In bad fortune hold out, in good hold in.
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Fortune

One must either be the hammer or the anvil.
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Fate

Fair flowers are not left standing along the wayside long.
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Flowers

Envy eats nothing, but its own heart.
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Envy

In the morning of life, work; in the mid day give council; in the evening, pray.
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Life and Living

It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears.
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Eyes

Forever is a long bargain.
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Eternity

Towards evening the lazy person begins to get busy.
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Laziness

Those that rule must hear and be deaf, must see and be blind.
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Leaders and Leadership

Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it.
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Luck

Too much humility is pride.
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Humility

Always something new, seldom something good.
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Novelty

What little Jack does not learn, big John will never.
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Influence

A man trying to sell a blind horse always praises its feet.
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Mediocrity

Weeping bride, laughing wife, laughing bride, weeping wife.
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Marriage

Liberty is God s gift, liberties the devil s.
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Liberty

The worst behaved students turn out to be the most pious preachers.
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Preachers and Preaching

Nothing weights lighter than a promise.
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Promises

Begin to weave and God will give the thread.
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Procrastination

Buying is cheaper than asking.
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Negotiation

Those that will not hear must be made to feel.
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Persuasion

Too aim is not enough, you must hit!
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Performance

When fortune knocks open the door.
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Opportunity

Prudent men woo thrifty women.
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Men

Nothing is as new as something which as been long forgotten.
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Past

Today must not borrow from tomorrow.
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Present

An old error is always more popular than a new truth.
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Mistakes

Cunning surpasses strength.
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Strength

Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong.
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Revenge

Rest breeds rust.
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Rest

He who undertakes to be his own teacher has a fool for a pupil.
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Teachers and Teaching

A good speaker makes a good liar.
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Speakers and Speaking

The morning hour has gold in its mouth.
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Time and Time Management

Speaking comes by nature, silence by understanding.
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Speakers and Speaking

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

Necessity unites.
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Unity

What the lion cannot manage to do the fox can.
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Strength

Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.
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Critics and Criticism

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.
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Conflict

To advise is not to compel.
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Advice

To advise is easier than to help.
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Advice

Never give advice unless asked.
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Advice

An old man loved is winter with flowers.
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Age and Aging

The greatest step is out the door.
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Action

Take the world as it is, not as it ought to be.
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Adaptability

The fatter the flea the leaner the dog.
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Animals

Between the anvil and the hammer.
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Danger

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.
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Action

Mules are always boasting that their ancestors were horses.
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Ancestry

The wise person has long ears and a short tongue.
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Wisdom

To call war the soil of courage and virtue is like calling debauchery the soil of love.
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War