A teacher is better than two books.

Quote by German Proverb

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The oldest trees often bear the sweetest fruit

The oldest trees often bear the sweetest fruit

A good book praises itself

A good book praises itself

What is sport to the cat is death to the mouse

What is sport to the cat is death to the mouse

Don't throw away your old shoes before you have new shoes.

Don't throw away your old shoes before you have new shoes.

To bury grief plant a seed.

To bury grief plant a seed.

Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet.

Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet.

To live long, eat like a cat, drink like a dog.

To live long, eat like a cat, drink like a dog.

Too much luck is bad luck

Too much luck is bad luck

The main thing is keeping the main thing the main thing.

The main thing is keeping the main thing the main thing.

The cats that drive the mice away are as good as they that catch them

The cats that drive the mice away are as good as they that catch them

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs

One does evil enough when one does nothing good

One does evil enough when one does nothing good

To change and to change for the better are two different things.

To change and to change for the better are two different things.

Beauty is a good letter of introduction

Beauty is a good letter of introduction

Envy eats nothing but its own heart

Envy eats nothing but its own heart

Charity sees the need, not the cause

Charity sees the need, not the cause

Those who get lost on the way to school will never find their way through...

Those who get lost on the way to school will never find their way through...

When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old...

When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old...

Birth, life, and death -- each took place on the hidden side of a leaf

Birth, life, and death -- each took place on the hidden side of a leaf

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside...

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside...