2263 German Proverbs / Page 37
721.
He who cannot paint must grind the colours.722.
He who cannot pay with his purse, must pay with his hide.723.
He who cheats a cheat and robs a thief, earns a dispensation for 100 years.724.
He who conceits himself wise, has an ass near at hand.725.
He who conquers his anger has conquered an enemy.726.
He who cries today that he has no bread will cry again tomorrow because he isn't hungry.727.
He who dies for the truth finds holy ground everywhere for his grave.728.
He who digs a pit for others falls into it himself.729.
He who does not bait his hook catches nothing.730.
He who does not go forward, stays behind.731.
He who does not improve to-day will grow worse to-morrow.732.
He who does not open his eyes must open his purse.733.
He who does not punish evil invites it.734.
He who does not want to lend loses friends; he who lends gains enemies.735.
He who drinks no more still likes to see the beer pulled.736.
He who envies, suffers.737.
He who fain would marry, in choice should not tarry.738.
He who finds what has not been lost, will chance to die before he is ill.739.
He who follows the crowd has many companions.740.
He who forces love when none is found, remains a fool the whole year round.