To change and to change for the better are two different things.
More German Proverbs:
No one can complain of the sea who twice suffers shipwreck.German
Trick against trick.
German
He who goes to bed with dogs, will wake up with fleas.
German
Fortune and women are partial to fools.
German
The only real equality is in the cemetery.
German
That is not in the looking-glass which is seen in the looking-glass.
German