The poor must dance as the rich pipe.
More German Proverbs:
Three, helping one another, bear the burden of six.German
If you fail to practice your art, it will soon disappear.
German
Good thongs may be cut out of other people's hides.
German
Cheating is the chapman's cart and plough.
German
Saint Martin was an easy man, he loved to drink Cerevisiam; and when he'd no Pecuniam, he left in pledge his Tunicam.
German
He who is the judge between two friends loses one of them.
German