Quotes by German Proverb

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

#Animals

A great war leaves the country with three armies - an army of cripples, an...

#Army, #War

He who borrows sells his freedom.

#Borrowing

What is sport to the cat is death to the mouse

#Cats, #Play, #Sports

Charity sees the need, not the cause

#Charity

Charity gives itself rich; covetousness hoards itself poor

#Charity

The devil is in the details

#Devil, #Evil

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

#Equality

One does evil enough when one does nothing good

#Evil, #Goodness

Envy eats nothing but its own heart

#Envy

Fortune and misfortune are two buckets in the same well

#Fortune, #Misfortune

Money lent to a friend must be recovered from an enemy

#Money