2263 German Proverbs / Page 74
1461. 
Roses and maidens soon lose their bloom.
1462. 
Running and buying don't go together -- running and selling do.
1463. 
Safe over the bridge, one laughs at St. Nepomuck.
1464. 
Said in sport, meant in earnest.
1465. 
Saint Martin was an easy man, he loved to drink Cerevisiam; and when he'd no Pecuniam, he left in pledge his Tunicam.
1466. 
Saint Swithun's day, if thou be fair, for forty days it will remain; Saint Swithun's day, if thou bring rain, for forty days it will remain.
1467. 
Salt and bread make the cheeks red.
1468. 
Samson was a strong man, but he could not pay money before he had it.
1469. 
Satiety causes disgust.
1470. 
Saving is a greater art than gaining.
1471. 
Saying and doing are two things.
1472. 
Schnapps is schnapps and business is business.
1473. 
Scratch a lover and find an enemy.
1474. 
Scratch a Russian and you find a Tartar.
1475. 
Scratching and borrowing do well enough, but not for long.
1476. 
Security is nowhere safe.
1477. 
Security is the first cause of misfortune.
1478. 
Self is the man.
1479. 
Self-done, is soon done.
1480. 
Self-love is bad, and makes the eyes sad.
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