It is not till the cow has lost her tail, that she discovers its value.

Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Wenn die Kuh den Schwanz verloren hat, merkt sie es erst, wozu er gut gewesen ist.

It is not till the cow has lost her tail, that she discovers its value.

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