2263 German Proverbs / Page 98
1941.
Wait, is a hard word to the hungry.1942.
Wake not a sleeping dog.1943.
Walls have ears.1944.
War is pleasant to those who have not tried it.1945.
Watching women is labour in vain.1946.
Water is the strongest drink; it drives mills.1947.
Water quenches the thirst but does not teach you how to sing.1948.
We beat the sack and mean the miller.1949.
We cannot all be Pope of Rome.1950.
We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.1951.
We do in haste what we repent at leisure.1952.
We do not walk on our legs, but on our will.1953.
We give to the rich, and take from the poor.1954.
We hang little thieves, and take off our hats to great ones.1955.
We knock in jest, and it is opened in earnest.1956.
We know what we have, but not what we shall get.1957.
We must eat and drink though every tree were a gallows.1958.
Weapons, women, and locks must be guarded at all times.1959.
Weeds never die.1960.
Weeds want no sowing.