It is not always good to be wise.
More German Proverbs:
Who bathes his hands in blood will have to wash them with tears.German
Who would be rich, must keep his soul under cover of his cash-box.
German
Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.
German
Fancy requires much, necessity but little.
German
High regions are never without storms.
German
The man in the moon stole the wood.
German