2263 German Proverbs / Page 105
2081.
When there is no enemy it is safe to fight.2082.
When two dogs fight for a bone, and the third runs off with it, there's a lawyer among the dogs.2083.
When wealth is lost, nothing is lost.
when health is lost, something is lost;
when character is lost, all is lost.
.2084.
When you sweep stairs, start at the top.2085.
When you sweep the stairs, you start at the top.2086.
Whenever women say good-bye they always hang around for a while.2087.
Where all adulterers to wear grey coats, the cloth would be dear.2088.
Where every one goes, the grass never grows.2089.
Where friends, there riches.2090.
Where ghosts walk, there is loving or thieving.2091.
Where God bestows an office, he provides brains to fill it.2092.
Where God builds a church, the devil builds a chapel.2093.
Where God gives hard bread He also gives sharp teeth.2094.
Where gold avails, argument fails.2095.
Where gold chinks, arguments are of no avail.2096.
Where honour ceaseth, there knowledge decreaseth.2097.
Where honour grows a span, folly grows an ell.2098.
Where might is right, right is not might.2099.
Where might is the master, justice is the servant.2100.
Where money, there friends.