2263 German Proverbs / Page 7
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A man warned is half saved.122.
A man's face is a lion's.123.
A man, a word; a word, a man.124.
A marriage in later years sends a letter to the grave digger.125.
A millstone gathers no moss.126.
A mistake is no fraud.127.
A monk in his cloister, a fish in the water, a thief in the gallows.128.
A nail secures the horse-shoe, the shoe the horse, the horse the man, the man the castle, and the castle the whole land.129.
A necessary lie is harmless.130.
A pack of cards is the devil's prayer-book.131.
A penny saved is a penny gained.132.
A penny saved is a penny got.133.
A penny saved is two-pence got.134.
A person has learned much who has learned how to die.135.
A poor person isn't he who has little, but he who needs a lot.136.
A prince without ears to listen has no head to govern.137.
A promise is a debt.138.
A prophet is not without honor save in his own country.139.
A proverb never lies, it is only its meaning which deceives.140.
A refined kitchen leads to the pharmacy.