What’s sport to you is death to us. [Fable of Boys and Frogs.]
More German Proverbs:
Funeral sermon, lying sermon.
German
Undeserved praise is mockery disguised.
German
It is easier to build two hearths than always to keep fire on one.
German
The handsomest snuffs the candle.
German
Such as the man is, such will be his discourse.
German