2263 German Proverbs / Page 113
2241.
Yielding stays war.2242.
Yorkshire born and Yorkshire bred, strong in the arm and weak in the head.2243.
You are still a slave if only your limbs are free.2244.
You can do anything with children if you only play with them.2245.
You can eat and drink with your family but not count and measure.2246.
You can't direct the wind, but you can adjust your sails.2247.
You cannot hang a man for what he thinks.2248.
You cannot hang a man twice.2249.
You cannot make a sieve of an ass's tail.2250.
You cannot make a silk purse of a sow's ear.2251.
You catch the mice with bacon.2252.
You don't need a teacher of wickedness.2253.
You have to take it as it happens, but you should try to make it happen the way you want to take it.2254.
You have to take life as it happens, but you should try to make it happen the way you want to take it.2255.
Young angel, old devil.2256.
Young drinkers, old beggars.2257.
Young gambler, old beggar.2258.
Young gamblers, old beggars.2259.
Young men may die, but old men must die.2260.
Young saint, old devil.