Distance lends enchantment to the view.
More German Proverbs:
Love begins at home.German
Let the dead rest.
German
Where the hedge is lowest, the devil leaps over.
German
Of what use is it that the cow gives plenty of milk, if she upset the pail.
German
Who knows nothing in his thirtieth year, is nothing in his fortieth, has nothing in his fiftieth; learns nothing, is nothing, and comes to nothing.
German
When the guest is in most favour, he will do well to quit.
German