2263 German Proverbs / Page 112
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Women only keep quiet about their age.2222.
Women prefer to be beautiful rather than good.2223.
Women, fortune, and gold, favour fools.2224.
Woo the widow whilst she is in weeds.2225.
Woods have ears, fields have eyes.2226.
Words are dwarfs, but examples are giants.2227.
Words are good, but fowls lay eggs.2228.
Words are good, when works follow.2229.
Words are like bees, they have honey and a sting.2230.
Words don't will the sack.2231.
Words of snow, which fell last year.2232.
Words often do more than blows.2233.
Work is our business; it's success is God s.2234.
Work makes free.2235.
Work paid for in advance has feet of lead.2236.
Working on the land is better than praying in the desert.2237.
Workmen are easier found than masters.2238.
Would you be strong, conquer yourself.2239.
Would you live long, be healthy and fat, drink like a dog and eat like a cat.2240.
Write on one of the devil's horns, "Good angel," and many will believe it.