2263 German Proverbs / Page 11
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All wooers are rich, and all captives poor.202.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.203.
All your geese are swans.204.
All's fair in love and war.205.
All's well that ends well.206.
Almost never killed a fly.207.
Always something new, seldom something good.208.
Ambition and fleas both jump high.209.
Ambition and fleas jump high.210.
Amendment is repentance.211.
An ass in Germany is a professor in Rome.212.
An empty sack will not stand upright.213.
An enemy that is surprised is already half-defeated.214.
An error no wider than a hair will lead a hundred miles away from the goal.215.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.216.
An old broom knows the corners of the house.217.
An old coachman loves the crack of the whip.218.
An old error is always more popular than a new truth.219.
An old fox does not run twice into the snare.220.
An old lie is often more popular than a new truth.