Turn yourself into a sheep and the wolves will eat you.
More German Proverbs:
Every land has its own law.German
Such a beginning, such an end.
German
Let your trouble tarry till its own day comes.
German
When friendship goes with love it must play the second fiddle.
German
If the eye does not want to see, neither light nor glasses will help.
German
Where there's muck there's brass.
German