It is dear honey that must be licked off thorns.
More German Proverbs:
God is everywhere, except where he has a delegate.German
Painted flowers are scentless.
German
Cheese and bread make the cheeks red.
German
When a man is rich, he begins to save.
German
Time and hour run through the roughest day.
German
He who heeds not the lost shoe-nail, will soon lose the horse.
German