2263 German Proverbs / Page 89
1761.
The world could have been great if only people had been more useful.1762.
The world likes to have night-owls, that it may have matter for wonder.1763.
The worse the dun, the worst the paymaster.1764.
The worst behaved students turn out to be the most pious preachers.1765.
The worst wheel creaks most.1766.
The young may die, the old must die.1767.
There are many preachers who don't hear themselves.1768.
There are more hands than heads.1769.
There are more old tipplers than old doctors.1770.
There are more threatened than struck.1771.
There are more ways of killing a dog than choking it with butter.1772.
There are no bad beers; some kinds are better than others.1773.
There are only two good women in the world; the one is dead, the other not to be found.1774.
There are plenty of preachers who don't hear themselves.1775.
There come just as many calf-skins as cow-skins to market.1776.
There is always a Pharaoh who does not know Joseph.1777.
There is always room at the top.1778.
There is an exception to every rule.1779.
There is more disputing about the shell than the kernel.1780.
There is no eel so small but it hopes to become a whale.