German Proverb
German Proverb
evil good
One does evil enough when one does nothing good
luck visits
Luck sometimes visits a fool, but it never sits down with him.
start sweep top
When you sweep the stairs, you start at the top
charity gives itself poor
Charity gives itself rich; covetousness hoards itself poor
eyes light smoke
If you don't light fires, smoke won't get in your eyes
dark
If you put out another's candle, you also will be in the dark
expensive experience road school
Experience is a long road and an expensive school
change
To change and to change for the better are two different things.
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
life lost school
Those who get lost on the way to school will never find their way through life
folks fond great talking
Little folks are fond of talking about what great folks do