Seeking info on proverb ....


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Dr. S. Shapiro:
  Dear Sir/Madam:
    For a novel that a colleague of mine is writing, he needs to have 
  various national/cultural equivalents to the rather mean-spirited
  Czech adage:
     "If my goat dies, then at least my neighbour's pig should die."

    If you know of any such adage, proverb, or old saying conveying
  the same sentiments as the aforecited Czech adage, kindly send it
  to me in the original language, followed by an English translation.

John Gruber:
  In da Woedschbroch dadmas ibasedzn:

  "Wau mei Gaass vareckd, soi mei Nochboa wenigsdns sei Sau vareckn"

  Frina haum die Eissnbona imma a Gaass vuam Haus gho. Oba de hom
  woischeinli foigendes gsogd:

  "Wau mei Gaass vareckd, soi mei Nochboa sei Sau vaum Posdauto
   zsaumgradl wean"

  Oba des woan a nua di dschechischn Eissnbona und da brave Soidot
  Schweik dea hod gsaugd:

  "Wau i scho varreckn muas, soi den Genral da Teufi hoin"

  Des is zwoa  ned vue ghoifn fia den Romanschreiba, oba aans is
  sicha, mia homma in Esdareich nia soa gschdeeade Eistellung zan
  Midmenschn gho.