A hundred years of wrong do not make an hour of right.
More German Proverbs:
There are only two good women in the world; the one is dead, the other not to be found.German
Bad tidings always come too soon.
German
Long-talked-of comes at last.
German
Maidens say no, and mean yes.
German
It is a bad hen that lays in neighbour's houses.
German
Hat in hand goes through the land.
German