Totgesagte leben länger
proverb
Those people, institutions or customs which are widely believed in irrecoverable decline, often turn out to be the most persistent and may outlast those that now seem livelier; a creaking door hangs longest; there's life in the old dog yet.
Totgesagte leben länger is a German proverb meaning “Those people, institutions or customs which are widely believed in irrecoverable decline, often turn out to be the most persistent and may outlast those that now seem livelier; a creaking door hangs longest; there's life in the old dog yet.”.