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Upper German proverbs
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Upper German is a German dialect spoken in southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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Wer sich zum Schaaf macht frisst der Wolf.
English equivalent: He that makes himself a sheep shall be eaten by the wolf.
von Düringsfeld Ida von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Otto Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend https://books.google.com/books?id=AAcJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA39 1875 39 70 German
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Zuviel ist bitter, und wenn's auch Honig ist.
English equivalent: Too much of one thing is good for nothing.
von Düringsfield Ida von Düringsfield Otto Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=SB5WAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA16&hl=en 1875 German I 17-18 37, Allzuviel
See Also
Altmark proverbs
Bremen proverbs
Eifel and Hunsrück proverbs
German proverbs
Hannover Göttingen and Grubenhagen proverbs
Jever proverbs
Luxembourgish proverbs
Old Bavarian proverbs
Old German proverbs
Old Swizz German proverbs
Silesian proverbs
Swabian proverbs
Württemberg proverbs
Category: Proverbs by language