2263 German Proverbs / Page 50
981.
It is hard to teach old dogs to bark.982.
It is harder work getting to hell than to heaven.983.
It is human to err, but diabolical to persevere.984.
It is idle to swallow the cow and choke on the tail.985.
It is little honor to the lion to seize the mouse.986.
It is more necessary to guard the mouth than the chest.987.
It is more painful to do nothing than something.988.
It is no child's play when an old woman dances.989.
It is not always good to be wise.990.
It is not enough to aim, you must hit.991.
It is not good to be the poet of a village.992.
It is not till the cow has lost her tail, that she discovers its value.993.
It is not want but abundance that makes avarice.994.
It is too much to expect of a cat that she should sit by the milk and not lap it.995.
It usually rains where it's already wet.996.
It's a bad bridge that is narrower than the stream.997.
It's a poor mouse that sits on the sack and doesn't gnaw.998.
It's a poor sheep that cannot carry its own wool.999.
It's a sin to steal a pin.1000.
It's better to have no spoon than to have no soup.