The best is the enemy of the good.
More German Proverbs:
Good wine ruins the purse, and bad the stomach.German
Promising is one thing, performing another.
German
As good be an addled egg as an idle bird.
German
Vice often rides triumphantly in the coach of virtue.
German
Women and wine, game and deceit, Make the wealth small and the wants great.
German
Women and wine, game and deceit, Make the wealth small and the wants great.
German