It is hard to steal where the host himself is a thief.
More German Proverbs:
Got with the fife, spent with the drum.German
What's one man's meat's another man's poison.
German
Begun is half done.
German
Loving and singing are not to be forced.
German
In bad luck, hold out; in good luck, hold in.
German
As the mistress, so the maid.
German