2263 German Proverbs / Page 177
- 1761. The world could have been great if only people had been more useful.
 - 1762. The world likes to have night-owls, that it may have matter for wonder.
- 1763. The worse the dun, the worst the paymaster.
- 1764. The worst behaved students turn out to be the most pious preachers.
- 1765. The worst wheel creaks most.
- 1766. The young may die, the old must die.
- 1767. There are many preachers who don't hear themselves.
- 1768. There are more hands than heads.
- 1769. There are more old tipplers than old doctors.
- 1770. There are more threatened than struck.
|
<< 1 ... 176 177 178 ... 227 >> |
| Quotes by Power Quotations |