2263 German Proverbs / Page 33
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Great thieves hang little thieves.642.
Great things are done more through courage than through wisdom.643.
Great trees give more shade than fruit.644.
Greatness alone in not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare.645.
Greedy fowk hae long arms.646.
Green Christmas, a white Easter.647.
Green wood gives more smoke than heat.648.
Guard your mouth as well as you guard your chest.649.
Habit is the intelligence of the crowd.650.
Hackney mistress, Hackney maid.651.
Half a house is half a hell.652.
Half a loaf is better than no bread.653.
Handsome apples are sometimes sour.654.
Handsome is as handsome does.655.
Handsome is the handsome does.656.
Happiness opens the arms and closes the eyes.657.
Happy is the one who forgets that which cannot be changed.658.
Hard against hard never was good.659.
Hares are caught with hounds, fools with praise, and women with gold.660.
Hasten at leisure.