2263 German Proverbs / Page 15
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Be silent, or say something better than silence.282.
Be the thing you would be called.283.
Bear and bull catch no fox.284.
Beard and cloak do not make one a philosopher.285.
Beauty is a good letter of introduction.286.
Beauty is the eye's food but the soul's sorrow.287.
Before God and the bus driver we are all equal.288.
Begged bread has a hard crust.289.
Begin to weave and God will give the thread.290.
Beginning and ending shake hands.291.
Begun is half done.292.
Better a friendly denial than an unwilling compliance.293.
Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling promise.294.
Better a good conscience without wisdom than wisdom without a good conscience.295.
Better a good cow than a cow of a good kind.296.
Better a good hanging than a bad marriage.297.
Better a lean agreement than a fat lawsuit.298.
Better a lean peace than a fat victory.299.
Better a living dog than a dead lion.300.
Better a patch than a hole.