Scratch a Russian and you find a Tartar.
More German Proverbs:
When the giver comes, the gate opens by itself.German
With nice appearance people want to be deceived.
German
Whom fortune favours, the world favours.
German
He who digs a pit for others falls into it himself.
German
There are more threatened than struck.
German
Greedy fowk hae long arms.
German