2263 German Proverbs / Page 97
1921.
Truth's best ornament is nakedness.1922.
Turn yourself into a sheep and the wolves will eat you.1923.
Two cats and one mouse, two women in one house, two dogs to one bone, will not agree long.1924.
Two dogs over one bone seldom agree.1925.
Two eyes, two ears, only one mouth.1926.
Two hard flints never grind well.1927.
Two in distress makes sorrow the less.1928.
Two is an army against one.1929.
Two is company, but three is none.1930.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.1931.
Undeserved praise is mockery disguised.1932.
Unlaid eggs are a long time becoming chickens.1933.
Unlaid eggs are uncertain chickens.1934.
Unlooked-for often comes.1935.
Vice often rides triumphantly in the coach of virtue.1936.
Victory is not gained by idleness.1937.
Virtue flourishes in misfortune.1938.
Virtue never dies.1939.
Virtue subdues power.1940.
Virtue would not go far, if a little vanity walked not with it.