German proverbs

April weather, woman's love, rose-leaves, dice, and card-luck, change every moment.

Though you seat the frog on a golden stool, he'll soon jump off again into the pool.

When the lords come out of the council-house, they are wiser than when they went in.

Keep within compass and you may be sure, That you will not suffer what others endure.

If you want to perform a good jump, sometimes you need to start by taking a step back.

Promises are like the full moon: if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day.

There are only two good women in the world; the one is dead, the other not to be found.

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

He who cries today that he has no bread will cry again tomorrow because he isn't hungry.

It's not that age brings childhood back again, Age merely shows what children we remain.

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