Sayings of German Origin
The worst behaved students turn out to be the most pious preachers.
German Proverb – [Preachers and Preaching]


Those that rule must hear and be deaf, must see and be blind.
German Proverb – [Leaders and Leadership]


Those that will not hear must be made to feel.
German Proverb – [Persuasion]


To advise is easier than to help.
German Proverb – [Advice]


To advise is not to compel.
German Proverb – [Advice]


To call war the soil of courage and virtue is like calling debauchery the soil of love.
German Proverb – [War]


To change and change for the better are two different things
German Proverb – [Change]


Today must not borrow from tomorrow.
German Proverb – [Present]


Too aim is not enough, you must hit!
German Proverb – [Performance]


Too much humility is pride.
German Proverb – [Humility]


Towards evening the lazy person begins to get busy.
German Proverb – [Laziness]


Weeping bride, laughing wife, laughing bride, weeping wife.
German Proverb – [Marriage]


What little Jack does not learn, big John will never.
German Proverb – [Influence]


What the lion cannot manage to do the fox can.
German Proverb – [Strength]


When fortune knocks open the door.
German Proverb – [Opportunity]


Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.
German Proverb – [Conflict]


Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet.
German Proverb – [Failure]


Work is our business; it's success is God s.
German Proverb – [Business]

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