11 German Proverbs about Lent
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Proverbs about Lent1. 
After Christmas comes Lent.
2. 
Be silent, or say something better than silence.
3. 
He that would stop everybody's mouth needs plenty of flour.
4. 
He who praises in praesentia, and abuses in absentia, have with him pestilentia.
5. 
Of what use is it that the cow gives plenty of milk, if she upset the pail.
6. 
The silent dog is the first to bite.
7. 
When silent men speak they speak to the purpose.
8. 
Who receives, should thank; who gives, should be silent.
9. 
So long as the belly is silent all whores are virgins.
10. 
There are plenty of preachers who don't hear themselves.
11. 
Beware of a silent dog and still water.
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