These three take crooked ways: carts, boats, and musicians.
Proverbs and old sayings
The musician who is paid in advance does not play so well.
Proverbs and old sayings
What! No star, and you are going out to sea? Marching, and you have no music? Traveling, and you have no book? What! No love, and you are going out to live?
Proverbs and old sayings French about celebrity, music, contentment, love
If you've enjoyed the dance, pay the musicians.
Proverbs and old sayings German about dance, contentment