2263 German Proverbs / Page 49
961.
It is a poor fox that has but one hole.962.
It is a wise child that knows its own father.963.
It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.964.
It is bad baking without flour and water.965.
It is bad preaching to deaf ears.966.
It is better the child should cry than the father.967.
It is better to deal with a whole fool than half a fool.968.
It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears.969.
It is better to turn back than go astray.970.
It is dear honey that must be licked off thorns.971.
It is difficult to scare people who think they will profit from dying.972.
It is easier to blame than do better.973.
It is easier to build two hearths than always to keep fire on one.974.
It is easier to descend than ascend.975.
It is easier to guard against a bushel of fleas than a woman.976.
It is easy to help him, who is willing to be helped.977.
It is good to sleep in a whole skin.978.
It is good to swim near a boat.979.
It is hard to catch birds with an empty hand.980.
It is hard to steal where the host himself is a thief.