2263 German Proverbs / Page 30
581. Fortune give many too much, but no one enough.
582. Fortune gives her hand to a bold man.
583. Fortune is like women: loves youth and is fickle.
584. Fortune is like women: loves youth and is fickle.
585. Four eyes see more than two.
586. Free man, free goods.
587. Friendship is a plant we must often water.
588. Friendship is love with intelligence.
589. Friendship with the French is like their wine; exquisite but short lived.
590. Full vessels give the least sound.
591. Funeral sermon, lying sermon.
592. Gifts are according to the giver.
593. Give unto the king what is the king's, and unto God what is God's.
594. Give up the smallest part of a secret, and the rest is no longer in your power.
595. Go to the law for a sheep and lose your cow.
596. God cures the sick, and the doctor gets the money.
597. God forgives sinners, otherwise His heaven would be empty.
598. God gave us hands but He doesn't build bridges with them.
599. God gives the nuts, but He does not crack them.
600. God gives us milk but no jug.