2263 German Proverbs / Page 161
- 1601. The bridge between joy and sorrow is not long. Confidence begets confidence.
 - 1602. The bridge between joy and sorrow is not long. Confidence begets confidence.
- 1603. The cat loves fish, but is loth to wet her feet.
- 1604. The cat's play is the mouse's death.
- 1605. The cats that drive away mice are as food as those that catch them.
- 1606. The chamois climbs high and yet is caught.
- 1607. The chickens don't mourn when the poulterer dies.
- 1608. The cock is a lord on his own dunghill.
- 1609. The cock is king on his own dunghill.
- 1610. The cock shuts his eyes when he crows, because he knows it by heart.
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