2263 German Proverbs / Page 4
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A doctor and a boor know more than a doctor alone.62.
A donkey in Saxony is a professor in Rome.63.
A dram of discretion is worth a pound of wisdom.64.
A dream grants what one covets when awake.65.
A drink is shorter than a tale.66.
A dripping June sets all in tune.67.
A drop of honey catches more flies than a hogshead of vinegar.68.
A fat kitchen makes a lean will.69.
A father maintains ten children better than ten children one father.70.
A fence lasts three years, a dog lasts three fences, a horse three dogs, and a man three horses.71.
A fence makes love more keen.72.
A fish should swim thrice: in water, in sauce, and in wine.73.
A flatterer has water in one hand and fire in the other.74.
A foreign language is more easily learned in the kitchen than at school.75.
A glutton young, a beggar old.76.
A golden bit makes none the better horse.77.
A golden hammer breaks an iron gate.78.
A good book praises itself.79.
A good conscience is a soft pillow.80.
A good lie finds more believers than a bad truth.