Nothing looks so like a man of sense as a fool who holds his tongue.
More German Proverbs:
The king cannot rule as he wishes.German
God gives us milk but no jug.
German
Great trees give more shade than fruit.
German
An ounce of mother-wit is worth a pound of school-wit.
German
Liberty is God's gift, liberties the devil's.
German
Long choosing and cheapening ends in buying nothing, or bad wares.
German