2263 German Proverbs / Page 149
- 1481. Self-praise stinks, friends praise hinks, the stranger's is sincere, and may last for a year.
 - 1482. Self-preservation is the first law of nature.
- 1483. Services unrequired go unrequited.
- 1484. Set a beggar on a horse and he'll ride to the devil.
- 1485. Set a beggar on horseback, and he 'll out ride the Devil.
- 1486. Set a fox to catch a fox.
- 1487. Set a thief to catch a thief.
- 1488. Set hard heart against hard hap.
- 1489. Shake hands at the beginning and at the end.
- 1490. She is fond of him--on the side where the pocket hangs.
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