If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys

Similar sayings:

Kill a chicken before a monkey Kill a chicken before a monkey
Kill the chicken to frighten the monkey Kill the chicken to frighten the monkey
Despise learning and make everyone pay for your ignorance Despise learning and make everyone pay for your ignorance
One generation plants the trees, another gets the shade One generation plants the trees, another gets the shade
Raise your sail one foot and you get ten feet of wind Raise your sail one foot and you get ten feet of wind

Chinese sayings and proverbs