2263 German Proverbs / Page 79
1561.
Take the world as it is, not as it ought to be.1562.
Talk of the devil, and his imp appears.1563.
Talking is easier than doing, and promising than performing.1564.
Talking is silver, silence is gold.1565.
Tell a lie, and you'll hear the truth.1566.
Tell me with whom you travel, and I'll tell you who you are.1567.
Tell no tales out of school.1568.
Tell not all you know; believe not all you hear; do not all you are able.1569.
That is not in the looking-glass which is seen in the looking-glass.1570.
That miller is honest who has hair on his teeth.1571.
That usury is a sin some hold, but take for granted they've no gold.1572.
The acre of laziness is full of thistles.1573.
The anvil fears no blow.1574.
The anvil is not afraid of the hammer.1575.
The anvil is used to noise.1576.
The ass and his driver do not think alike.1577.
The ass bedecked with gold still eats thistles.1578.
The ass carries corn to the mill, and gets thistles.1579.
The ass loaded with gold still eats thistles.1580.
The bachelor is a peacock, the engaged man a lion, and the married man a jackass.