German Proverbs and Inspirational Quotes

Scratch a lover and find an enemy.
—German Proverb
Topics: Enemies

Experience is the teacher of jesters and the intelligence of the wise.
—German Proverb
Topics: Experience

One must either be the hammer or the anvil.
—German Proverb
Topics: Fate

Ambition and the belly are the two worst counselors.
—German Proverb
Topics: Ambition

Only believe in the faith of a woman as you would believe in miracles.
—German Proverb
Topics: Miracles

Charity sees the need, not the cause.
—German Proverb
Topics: Helping, Charity, Proverbs

Speech is silvern, silence is golden; speech is human, silence is divine.
—German Proverb

The old forget, the young don’t know.
—German Proverb
Topics: Proverbs

Poverty is the sixth sense.
—German Proverb
Topics: Poverty

Eat your fish while it is still fresh and marry the girl while she is still young.
—German Proverb
Topics: Fresh, Girls

When there is no enemy it is safe to fight.
—German Proverb
Topics: Fighting, Enemies

The greatest step is out the door.
—German Proverb
Topics: Humankind, Action

A good speaker makes a good liar.
—German Proverb
Topics: Speakers, Speaking

Fair flowers are not left standing along the wayside long.
—German Proverb
Topics: Flowers

You have to take it as it happens, but you should try to make it happen the way you want to take it.
—German Proverb
Topics: Acceptance, Self-reliance

Wealth lost – something lost; Honor lost – much lost; Courage lost – all lost.
—German Proverb
Topics: Courage

True friendship does not freeze in the winter.
—German Proverb
Topics: Friendship

They quarrel about an egg and let the hen fly.
—German Proverb
Topics: Flying

Luck sometimes visits a fool, but never sits down with him.
—German Proverb
Topics: Luck

I would rather have a dog as a friend than an enemy.
—German Proverb
Topics: Enemies

A pack of cards is the devil’s prayer book.
—German Proverb
Topics: Book

Charity looks at the need, not at the cause.
—German Proverb
Topics: Service

When God says “today,” the devil says “tomorrow.”
—German Proverb
Topics: Tomorrow

Weeping bride, laughing wife, laughing bride, weeping wife.
—German Proverb
Topics: Marriage

Between the anvil and the hammer.
—German Proverb
Topics: Danger

For a lot of people their conscience lives in the middle of the street.
—German Proverb
Topics: Conscience

Said in sport, meant in earnest.
—German Proverb
Topics: Sports

A bad beginning may make a good ending.
—German Proverb
Topics: Beginning

Nothing in this world is permanent.
—German Proverb
Topics: Change

Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day.
—German Proverb
Topics: Promises