2263 German Proverbs / Page 87
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The person who has no enemies also has no friends.1722.
The person who has no opinion will seldom be wrong.1723.
The pitcher goes so often to the well, that it gets broken at last.1724.
The poor must dance as the rich pipe.1725.
The pope eats peasants, gulps gentlemen, and voids monks.1726.
The praise of a thousand jesters counts for nothing against the reprimand of one wise man.1727.
The preacher must be like a chicken who always has an egg in reserve.1728.
The priest loves his flock, but the lambs more than the wethers.1729.
The repeated stroke will fell the oak.1730.
The rich have medicines the poor have health.1731.
The road to ruin is paved with good intentions.1732.
The Russian knows the way, yet he asks for directions.1733.
The salary of a good servant is never too high.1734.
The sick man is vexed with the flies on the wall.1735.
The silent dog is the first to bite.1736.
The skinnier the dog, the more fleas he has.1737.
The stomach is easier filled than the eye.1738.
The strong man's sport is the sickly man's death.1739.
The stubborn man is ruled by a fool.1740.
The sun will bring to light what lay under the snow.