21 German Proverbs about Heir
All German Proverbs | Proverbs about Heir1. As fast as laws are devised, their evasion is contrived.
2. All are not asleep who have their eyes shut.
3. All are not free who mock their chains.
4. Asses sing badly, because they pitch their voices too high.
5. Cowards may die many times before their death.
6. He who builds on the public way, must let the people have their say.
7. How many daily read the Bible, and yet pursue their course of evil.
8. If the wolf would cease his running, the people would cease their shouting.
9. Lawyers' gowns are lined with the wilfulness of their clients.
10. Nurenberg wit and a skilful hand, will find their way through every land.
11. People show their character by what they laugh at.
12. Priestly knaves sweat hard at their meat, but never at work get into a heat.
13. Roses and maidens soon lose their bloom.
14. The debts go to the next heir.
15. They who eat cherries with the great, are like to have the stones and stalks flung in their face.
16. For a lot of people their conscience lives in the middle of the street.
17. Friendship with the French is like their wine; exquisite but short lived.
18. Mules are always boasting that their ancestors were horses.
19. Mules make a great fuss about their ancestors having been donkeys.
20. To catch rats the cats take off their gloves.
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