He that would stop everybody’s mouth needs plenty of flour.
More German Proverbs:
He who would succeed at court, must lie sometimes low, sometimes high.German
What the lion cannot, the fox can.
German
They who come from afar are prone to lie.
German
When a dove begins to fly with crows, its feathers remain white but its heart grows black.
German
Who rides slow, must saddle betimes.
German
Whatever is given to the poor, is laid out of the reach of fortune.
German