A living dog is better than a dead lion. 
Melior est canis vivus leone mortuo.
Proverbs on a similar topic
- One „Take it” is worth two „Thou shalt have it”.
- A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
- Never say never.
- Buy a pig in a poke.
- Have is have.
- Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
- He laughs best who laughs last.
- Night is the mother of counsel.
- Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.
- For age and want save while you may; no morning sun lasts a whole day.
- To sell the bear's skin before one has caught the bear.
- Call no man happy till he dies.
- Drumming is not the way to catch a hare.
- Don't cross the bridge till you get to it.
- God sends a curst cow short horns.
- Honour the tree that gives you shelter.
- Every reed will not make a Pipe.
- If the lion's skin cannot, the fox's shall.
- Words fly, writings remain.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Melior est canis vivus leone mortuo.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
French
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Chien en vie vaut mieux que lion mort.
A living dog is better than a dead lion.
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Goujat debout vaut mieux qu'empereur enterré.
A standing cad is better than a buried emperor.
German
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Besser ein lebender Hund als ein toter Löwe.
Better a live dog than a dead lion.
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Ein lebendiger Esel ist mehr wert als ein toter Löwe.
A living donkey is worth more than a dead lion.
Czech
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Lepší je živý pes než mrtvý lev.
Better a live dog than a dead lion.
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Živý pes lepší než mrtvý.
A live dog is better than a dead dog.