When the pear is ripe, it falls.
More German Proverbs:
Stagnant water grows stinking.German
What Manchester says today, the rest of England says tomorrow.
German
Hurry no man's cattle.
German
Friendship is a plant we must often water.
German
Hares are caught with hounds, fools with praise, and women with gold.
German
Politeness is what warmth is to wax.
German