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A man warned is half saved.

Proverbs and old sayings German about man

Boldly ventured is half won.

Proverbs and old sayings German

A man surprised is half beaten.

Proverbs and old sayings German about man

A bold onset is half the battle.

Proverbs and old sayings German

An enemy that is surprised is already half-defeated.

Proverbs and old sayings German about enemies

He who listens to a proposition is already half sold.

Proverbs and old sayings German

After dinner stand a while, or walk nearly half a mile.

Proverbs and old sayings German

It is better to deal with a whole fool than half a fool.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Take one step to hell and you are already half way there.

Proverbs and old sayings German about hell

The beginning is the half of every action.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about action, beginning

A witch-wife and an evil is three-halfpence worse than the devil.

Proverbs and old sayings Gypsy about gypsies, wife, devil

You don't show a fool a job half done.

Proverbs and old sayings

Grief shared is half grief; Joy shared is double joy.

Proverbs and old sayings about sadness, joy

Cleanliness is half-health.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

Goo tool means half the work.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about tools, work

A good beginning is half success.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about beginning, good, good luck

Better to return from half-way than to take a wrong road.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about bad

One half our fatherlands is the ocean.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic

A story is only half told if there is only one side presented.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic

The truth is half a quarrel.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about truth