2263 German Proverbs / Page 47
921.
If you want equality, then go to the graveyard.922.
If you want fire, look for it in the ashes.923.
If you want peace, you must prepare for war.924.
If you want to be old, hang yourself when you are young.925.
If you want to be strong, conquer yourself.926.
If you want to live long, be healthy and fat, drink like a dog and eat like a cat.927.
If you want to perform a good jump, sometimes you need to start by taking a step back.928.
If you would have the lamp burn, you must pour oil into it.929.
If you've enjoyed the dance, pay the musicians.930.
If you've money, take a seat; it you've none, take to your feet.931.
Ill got, ill spent.932.
Ill gotten goods never thrive.933.
Ill gotten goods seldom prosper.934.
Ill-gotten goods seldom prosper.935.
In a calm sea, every man is a pilot.936.
In America an hour is forty minutes.937.
In America half an hour is forty minutes.938.
In bad fortune hold out, in good hold in.939.
In bad luck, hold out; in good luck, hold in.940.
In Blindman's land your one-eyed man's a god.