German is a West Germanic language, thus related to and classified alongside English and Dutch

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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
Rast ich, so rost ich. (When I rest, I rust.)
To change and to change for the better are two different things.
Who takes the child by the hand takes the mother by the heart.
Whose bread I eat his song I sing.
Love your neighbor, but don't tear down your fence.
God gives the nuts but he does not crack them.
A hedge between keeps friendship green.
A lean agreement is better than a fat lawsuit.
Anger without power is folly.
As fast as laws are devised, their evasion is contrived.
Charity sees the need not the cause.
God gives, but man must open his hand.
He who teaches children learns more than they do.
He who would rule must hear and be deaf, see and be blind.
It's not that age brings childhood back again, Age merely shows what children we remain.
Never give advice unless asked.
No answer is also an answer.
Old birds are hard to pluck.
One does evil enough when one does nothing good.
The eyes believe themselves the ears believe other people.
The wise man has long ears and a short tongue.
When the fox preaches, look to the geese.
Where there are no swamps there are no frogs.
Who begins too much accomplishes little.
Whoever cares to learn will always find a teacher.

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