He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief


German Proverb

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Rast ich, so rost ich. (When I rest, I rust.).
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A poor person isn't he who has little, but he who needs a lot.
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He who borrows sells his freedom.
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He who teaches children learns more than they do.
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God gives, but man must open his hand.
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Anger without power is folly.
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A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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To remain young while growing old is the highest blessing
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One must either be the hammer or the anvil.
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Ambition and fleas both jump high
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Happy is the one who forgets that which cannot be changed
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You can do anything with children if only you play with them
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Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet.
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An old man loved is a winter with flowers
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Not every ass has long ears
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Where there are no swamps there are no frogs
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The stomach is easier filled than the eye
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The only real equality is in the cemetery
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Forever is a long bargain.
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To bury grief plant a seed.
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No woman marries an old man for God's sake.
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Who begins too much accomplished little.
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The morning hour has gold in its mouth.
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Take the world as it is, not as it ought to be.
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Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.
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In bad fortune hold out, in good hold in.
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He who likes cherries soon learns to climb
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If the eye does not want to see, neither light nor glasses will help
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Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.
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Except for the night, we could never know the stars
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Silence is a fence around wisdom
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The wise man has long ears and a short tongue
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Who speaks ill of others to you will speak ill of you to others
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When a dove begins to associate with crows its feathers remain white but its heart grows black
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If the old dog barks, he gives counsel
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A bad penny always comes back
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He who blackens others does not whiten himself
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Empty heads are very fond of long titles
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Towards evening the lazy person begins to get busy.
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Those who get lost on the way to school will never find their way through life
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God's mill goes slowly but grinds fine
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Better an honest enemy than a false friend
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Joy and sorrow are next door neighbors
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A good speaker makes a good liar.
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What the lion cannot manage to do the fox can.
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To live long, eat like a cat, drink like a dog
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Money lent to a friend must be recovered from an enemy
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The fatter the flea the leaner the dog.
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Between the anvil and the hammer.
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Do not despise an insignificant enemy or a slight wound
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Coffee and love are best when they are hot
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Nothing is as new as something which as been long forgotten.
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A good neighbor doubles the value of a house.
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Wealth lost---something lost; honor lost---much lost; Courage lost---all lost.
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Weeping bride, laughing wife, laughing bride, weeping wife.
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He who teaches a boy teaches three: a youth, a young man, and an old man
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The more laws the less justice
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A good name is a second inheritance
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There is no eel so small but it hopes to become a whale
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Always something new, seldom something good.
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Blind zeal can only do harm
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An uneducated person is like an unpolished mirror
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Fair flowers are not left standing along the wayside long.
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Who accepts nothing has nothing to return
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A young doctor means a new graveyard
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Long is not forever
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Learned fools exceed all fools
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Who rides slow, must saddle betimes
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Beauty is a good letter of introduction
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One nail drives out another
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To know and not to do is not to know
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The time to make friends is before you need them.
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Short judgments make long friends.
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It is prosperity that gives us friends, adversity that proves them.
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A friend is someone who doesn't like the same people you do.
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Be slow in choosing a friend, but slower in changing him.
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Broken friendships can be soldered, but never sound.
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From small beginnings come great things.
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Some will, some don't, so what!
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Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.
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Try and trust will move mountains.
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He who walks with the lame learns how to limp.
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Make peace with man and war with your sins.
PROVERB
A sin confessed is half forgiven.
PROVERB
All sins cast long shadows.
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Simplicity is the seal of truth.
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A silent mouth is melodious.
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Silence implies consent.
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Shame is worse than death.
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God likes help when helping people.
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One is rated by others as he rates himself.
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Attack is the best form of defense.
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Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth.
PROVERB
A secret between two is God's secret, between three is all men s.
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When we don't have what we like, we must like what we have.
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It is better to be safe than sorry.
PROVERB
Better to be safe than sorry.
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Kings have many ears and eyes.
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A soft answer turneth away wrath.
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Cunning surpasses strength.
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PROVERB
The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord.
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Two great talkers will not travel far together.
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A closed mouth catches no flies.
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