German Folk Wisdom (Folk Proverbs from around the World Book 1)
Book Details
Author(s)Jay Burnett
PublisherMind Games Publications
ISBN / ASINB00F7MPAQU
ISBN-13978B00F7MPAQ1
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷
Description
SMART ADVICE FROM OUR ANCESTORS - STILL USEFUL TODAY
Long before everyone learned to read and write, smart people in all walks of life transmitted their hard-won wisdom as popular sayings or proverbs. Typically consisting of only one pithy sentence, they embody the distilled experience and lifestyle of a whole people.
Over 300 carefully selected German popular sayings are presented here in a new English translation.
The wisdom of our ancestors abounds with excellent advice about work, wealth, health, relationships, and life in general, and particularly on how to avoid a host of unpleasant problems. Enjoy!
A few examples:
In an emergency, the devil will eat flies.
What does not burn you, do not blow.
A smart thief keeps his own nest clean.
Who dies of fear, is also dead.
Good lawyer, bad Christian.
If you want to eat a toad, don’t look at it too long beforehand.
Long before everyone learned to read and write, smart people in all walks of life transmitted their hard-won wisdom as popular sayings or proverbs. Typically consisting of only one pithy sentence, they embody the distilled experience and lifestyle of a whole people.
Over 300 carefully selected German popular sayings are presented here in a new English translation.
The wisdom of our ancestors abounds with excellent advice about work, wealth, health, relationships, and life in general, and particularly on how to avoid a host of unpleasant problems. Enjoy!
A few examples:
In an emergency, the devil will eat flies.
What does not burn you, do not blow.
A smart thief keeps his own nest clean.
Who dies of fear, is also dead.
Good lawyer, bad Christian.
If you want to eat a toad, don’t look at it too long beforehand.
