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"Had I known" is a poor man.  (German proverb)

"I have" is a better bird than "If I had."  (German proverb)

"Force me, and I shall commit no sin," said the girl. (German proverb)

"But" is a fence over which few leap. (German proverb)

"Great cry and little wool," said the fool, when he sheared a pig.  (German proverb)

"I shall not bite any dog," says the shepherd's dog, "for I must save my teeth for the wolf."  (German proverb)

"If I rest, I rust," says the key.  (German proverb)

"Red is Love's colour," said the wooer to his foxy charmer.  (German proverb)

"Success to you! God speed the craft!" as the hangman said to the judge.  (German proverb)

It's never too late to mend.  (German proverb)

It is easier to hurt than heal.  (German proverb)

It's too late to spare, when the bottom is bare.  (German proverb)

A  bad beginning may make a good ending.   (German proverb)

A blind horse goes straightforward.  (German proverb)

A bold onset is half the battle.  (German proverb)

A cat has nine lives, as the onion has seven skins.  (German proverb)

A cat in gloves catches no mice.  (German proverb)

A cat is a lion to the mouse.  (German proverb)

A clean mouth and honest hand will take a man through any land.  (German proverb)

A close mouth and open eyes never did any one harm.  (German proverb)

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.  (German proverb)

A king's crown is no cure for the headache.  (German proverb)

A danger foreseen is half avoided.  (German proverb)

A doctor and a boor know more than a doctor alone.  (German proverb)

A gram of discretion is worth a pound of wisdom.  (German proverb)

A dream grants what one covets when awake.  (German proverb)

A father maintains ten children better than ten children maintain one father.  (German proverb)

A fish should swim thrice: in water, in sauce and in wine.  (German proverb)

A foreign language is more easily learned in the kitchen than at school.  (German proverb)

A golden hammer breaks an iron gate.  (German proverb)

A good lie finds more believers than a bad truth.  (German proverb)

A good soldier has only three things to think about: the king, God and nothing.  (German proverb)

A handful of might is better than a sack full of right.  (German proverb)

A happy man does not hear the clock strike.  (German proverb)

A hog in armour is still a hog.  (German proverb)

A hundred years of regret pay not a farthing of debt.  (German proverb)

A lawyer and a cart-wheel must be greased.  (German proverb)

A hungry belly has no ears.  (German proverb)

A lean agreement is better than a fat lawsuit.  (German proverb)

A little too late is much too late.  (German proverb)