2263 German Proverbs
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"Age before beauty," said the devil as he threw his grandmother off' the stairs.
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"All freight lightens," said the skipper, when he threw his wife overboard.
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"An egg is an egg," said the beadle, but he took the goose-egg.
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"Away with you, be a peddlar, a knave," says the hangman to his man.
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"But" is a fence over which few leap.
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"Force me, and I shall commit no sin," said the girl.
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"Great cry and little wool," said the fool, when he sheared a pig.
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"Had I known" is a poor man.
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"I have had" is a poor man.
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"I have" is a better bird than "If I had."
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"I will not bite any dog," says the shepherd's dog, "for I must save my teeth for the wolf."
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"If I rest, I rust," says the key.
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"If you have no money, turn placeman!" as the court fool said to his sovereign.
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"Like will to like," as the devil said to the coal-burner.
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"Must" is a bitter herb.
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"O what we must suffer for the sake of God's church!" said the abbot, when the roast fowl burned his fingers.
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"Red is Love's colour," said the wooer to his foxy charmer.
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"Success to you! God speed the craft!" as the hangman said to the judge.
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"With all my heart!" says the boor, when he must.
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"With great pleasure," says the boor, when he must.
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