Work out the proverb?

Question:below you can find a proverb, the letters of which have been converted to their location in the alphabet and any spaces removed.
for example, CAT would be 3120 and PROVERB would be
161815225182
what is the proverb ?

1615151211912125420857151519
5208120121942085715124514577

Answers:
A fool killed the goose that laid the golden egg..?
come off it...! Why don't you use binary numbers?
A fool killed the goose that laid the golden egg.
The others got in before me.

Anyway it reads, a fool killed the goose that laid the golden egg.
1 6 15 15 12 11 9 12 12 5 4 20 8
a f o o l k i l l e d t h
5 7 16 16 19 5 20 8 1 20 1 21 9
e g o o s e t h a t l a i

4 20 8 5 7 15 12 4 5 14 5 7 7
d t h e g o l d e n e g g

This "proverb" was used in a case regarding excessive collection of taxes . . . and thus, in the process the government by taxing the people too much has killed the goose that laid the golden egg.
You've been watching too much of cube haven't you?

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