There’s no eel so small but it hopes to become a whale.
More German Proverbs:
Though you seat the frog on a golden stool, he'll soon jump off again into the pool.German
Amendment is repentance.
German
Every one has his master.
German
A father maintains ten children better than ten children one father.
German
Hurry no man's cattle.
German
He who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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