Quotes from German proverb

Anger without power is folly.

As fast as laws are devised, their evasion is contrived.

God gives the nuts but he does not crack them.

God gives, but man must open his hand.

He who teaches children learns more than they do.

He who would rule must hear and be deaf, see and be blind.

Love your neighbor, but don't tear down your fence.

Never give advice unless asked.

No answer is also an answer.

Old birds are hard to pluck.

Rast ich, so rost ich. (When I rest, I rust.)

The eyes believe themselves the ears believe other people.

The wise man has long ears and a short tongue.

To change and to change for the better are two different things.

Art holds fast when all else is lost.

Beauty and folly are sisters.

Wine upon beer is very good cheer; beer upon wine consider with fear.

Industry is the parent of fortune.

What flatterers say, try to make true.

Despise school and remain a fool.

A crown is no cure for the headache.

Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow.

It is easier to become a father than to be one.

Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.