Habit is the intelligence of the crowd.
More German Proverbs:
What bird so white as mine? says the crow.German
Spending your money with many a guest, empties the kitchen, the cellar and chest.
German
Who has a mouth, let him not say to another, "Blow!"
German
Scratch a Russian and you find a Tartar.
German
Many shun the brook, and fall into the river.
German
Reason doe not come before years.
German