German proverbs

Would you live long, be healthy and fat, drink like a dog and eat like a cat.

If the servant grows rich and the master poor, they are both good for nothing.

If some men knew who some men were, then some would pay the more honour there.

Better a good conscience without wisdom than wisdom without a good conscience.

Age before beauty, said the devil as he threw his grandmother off' the stairs.

If you don't want to be hung yourself, blame the dog for stealing the sausage.

Many look with one eye at what they give, but with seven at what they receive.

Give up the smallest part of a secret, and the rest is no longer in your power.

They who deserve honour, fail of it; and they who obtain it, do not deserve it.

In wine there is wisdom. In beer there is strength. In water there is bacteria.

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