2263 German Proverbs / Page 2
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"Your words are fair," said the wolf, "but I will not come into the village."22.
'But' is a fence over which few leap.23.
'Tis easier to hurt than heal.24.
'Tis either a hare or a brake-bush.25.
'Tis hard to swim against the stream.26.
'Tis his turn to-day, it will be mine to-morrow.27.
'Tis never too late to mend.28.
'Tis not for everyone to catch a salmon.29.
'Tis one beggar's woe, to see another by the door go.30.
'Tis the mind ennobles, not the blood.31.
'Tis too late to spare, when the bottom is bare.32.
'Tis written, "What's not your own, that let alone."33.
A bad beginning may make a good ending.34.
A bad cause requires many words.35.
A bad penny always comes back.36.
A bad penny always turns up.37.
A baptised Jew is a circumcised Christian.38.
A bargain is a bargain.39.
A bashful dog never fattens.40.
A better seldom comes after.