German proverbs

That usury is a sin some hold, but take for granted they've no gold.

What you give, is written in sand; what you take, with an iron hand.

The cock shuts his eyes when he crows, because he knows it by heart.

A man has two ears and one mouth that he hear much and speak little.

Nothing looks so like a man of sense as a fool who holds his tongue.

Every clown can find fault, though it would puzzle him to do better.

A monk in his cloister, a fish in the water, a thief in the gallows.

He who builds on the public way, must let the people have their say.

One man may steal a horse while another may not look over the hedge.

To believe everything is too much, to believe nothing is not enough.

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