2263 German Proverbs / Page 56
- 551. First look at home, then censure me.
 - 552. First weigh, then venture.
- 553. Fish begin to stink at the head.
- 554. Five fingers hold more than two forks.
- 555. Flatterers are cats that lick before and scratch behind.
- 556. Flatterers haunt not cottages.
- 557. Flatters, like cats, lick and then scratch.
- 558. Folks say there is a lack of four sorts of people on earth: of priests, else one would not have six or seven benefices; of gentleman, else every boor would not want to be a squire; of whores, else married women and nuns would not carry on the trade; of Jews, else Christians would not practise usury.
- 559. Follow Love and it will flee, Flee love and it will follow thee.
- 560. Fools build houses, wise men buy them.
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