German Proverb
German Proverb
men wise
Were there no fools, there would be no wise men
expensive experience road school
Experience is a long road and an expensive school
man
No man can do nothing and no man can do everything.
believe ears eyes people
The eyes believe themselves; the ears believe other people
start sweep top
When you sweep the stairs, you start at the top
life lost school
Those who get lost on the way to school will never find their way through life
marries woman
No woman marries an old man for God's sake.
fire flatterer hand water
A flatterer has water in one hand and fire in the other
longer power rest smallest
Give up the smallest part of a secret, and the rest is no longer in your power
god hand man open
God gives, but man must open his hand
boy man teaches
He who teaches a boy teaches three: a youth, a young man, and an old man
himself others
He who blackens others does not whiten himself
love
They love the old who do not know the new
eyes light smoke
If you don't light fires, smoke won't get in your eyes