2263 German Proverbs / Page 76
1501.
Singers, lovers, and poets are privileged liars.1502.
Slaughter no more than you can well salt.1503.
Sloth is the key to poverty.1504.
Sloth is the mother of poverty.1505.
Slow but sure.1506.
Slow help is no help.1507.
Small molehills can turn carriages over.1508.
Small profits and often, are better than large profits and seldom.1509.
Small profits are often, are better than large profits and seldom.1510.
Small saints too work miracles.1511.
Small undertakings give great comfort.1512.
So it goes in the world: one has the purse, the other has the gold.1513.
So it goes in the world: one has the purse, the other has the gold.1514.
So long as the belly is silent all whores are virgins.1515.
So many countries, so many customs.1516.
So many men, so many minds.1517.
So many men, so many opinions.1518.
So many mists in March, so many frosts in May.1519.
Soldiers must be well paid, and well hanged.1520.
Solitude is the nurse of wisdom.