It is better the child should cry than the father.
More German Proverbs:
Better an honest enemy than a false friend.German
If wood-hewing were an order, there would be fewer monks.
German
Saint Martin was an easy man, he loved to drink Cerevisiam; and when he'd no Pecuniam, he left in pledge his Tunicam.
German
Where ghosts walk, there is loving or thieving.
German
Who would be rich, must keep his soul under cover of his cash-box.
German
Who will not feed the cats, must feed the mice and rats.
German