2263 German Proverbs / Page 74
1461.
Roses and maidens soon lose their bloom.1462.
Running and buying don't go together -- running and selling do.1463.
Safe over the bridge, one laughs at St. Nepomuck.1464.
Said in sport, meant in earnest.1465.
Saint Martin was an easy man, he loved to drink Cerevisiam; and when he'd no Pecuniam, he left in pledge his Tunicam.1466.
Saint Swithun's day, if thou be fair, for forty days it will remain; Saint Swithun's day, if thou bring rain, for forty days it will remain.1467.
Salt and bread make the cheeks red.1468.
Samson was a strong man, but he could not pay money before he had it.1469.
Satiety causes disgust.1470.
Saving is a greater art than gaining.1471.
Saying and doing are two things.1472.
Schnapps is schnapps and business is business.1473.
Scratch a lover and find an enemy.1474.
Scratch a Russian and you find a Tartar.1475.
Scratching and borrowing do well enough, but not for long.1476.
Security is nowhere safe.1477.
Security is the first cause of misfortune.1478.
Self is the man.1479.
Self-done, is soon done.1480.
Self-love is bad, and makes the eyes sad.