2263 German Proverbs / Page 81
1601.
The bridge between joy and sorrow is not long. Confidence begets confidence.1602.
The bridge between joy and sorrow is not long. Confidence begets confidence.1603.
The cat loves fish, but is loth to wet her feet.1604.
The cat's play is the mouse's death.1605.
The cats that drive away mice are as food as those that catch them.1606.
The chamois climbs high and yet is caught.1607.
The chickens don't mourn when the poulterer dies.1608.
The cock is a lord on his own dunghill.1609.
The cock is king on his own dunghill.1610.
The cock shuts his eyes when he crows, because he knows it by heart.1611.
The concealer is as bad as the thief.1612.
The cow does not lick a strange calf.1613.
The cow gives milk through her mouth.1614.
The cow licks no strange calf.1615.
The cows that low most give the least milk.1616.
The debts go to the next heir.1617.
The devil catches most souls in a golden net.1618.
The devil dances in an empty pocket.1619.
The devil finds work for idle hands to do.1620.
The devil is civil when he is flattered.