2263 German Proverbs / Page 28
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Fair hair may hae foul roots.542.
Fair words don't fill the pocket.543.
Fancy requires much, necessity but little.544.
Fat hens lay few eggs.545.
Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.546.
Few laws, good nations.547.
Fir and water are good servants, but bad masters.548.
Fire and faggot are but sad reformers.549.
Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head.550.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.551.
First look at home, then censure me.552.
First weigh, then venture.553.
Fish begin to stink at the head.554.
Five fingers hold more than two forks.555.
Flatterers are cats that lick before and scratch behind.556.
Flatterers haunt not cottages.557.
Flatters, like cats, lick and then scratch.558.
Folks say there is a lack of four sorts of people on earth: of priests, else one would not have six or seven benefices; of gentleman, else every boor would not want to be a squire; of whores, else married women and nuns would not carry on the trade; of Jews, else Christians would not practise usury.559.
Follow Love and it will flee, Flee love and it will follow thee.560.
Fools build houses, wise men buy them.