2263 German Proverbs / Page 147
- 1461. Roses and maidens soon lose their bloom.
 - 1462. Running and buying don't go together -- running and selling do.
 - 1463. Safe over the bridge, one laughs at St. Nepomuck.
 - 1464. Said in sport, meant in earnest.
 - 1465. Saint Martin was an easy man, he loved to drink Cerevisiam; and when he'd no Pecuniam, he left in pledge his Tunicam.
 - 1466. Saint Swithun's day, if thou be fair, for forty days it will remain; Saint Swithun's day, if thou bring rain, for forty days it will remain.
 - 1467. Salt and bread make the cheeks red.
 - 1468. Samson was a strong man, but he could not pay money before he had it.
 - 1469. Satiety causes disgust.
 - 1470. Saving is a greater art than gaining.

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