A man cannot give What he hasn't got.
Nemo dat quod non habet.
Proverbs on a similar topic
- Necessity is the mother of invention.
- To make a virtue of necessity.
- Nothing for nothing.
- In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
- Half a loaf is better than no bread.
- Poverty is the mother of crime.
- Losers are always in the wrong.
- Poverty is no sin.
- Poverty is the mother of all arts.
- An empty sack cannot stand upright.
- Where nothing is the king must lose his right.
- An empty purse fills the face with wrinkles.
- If thou hast not a capon, feed on an onion.
- Need makes the old wife trot.
- The beggar may sing before the thief.
- If it should rain pottage, he would want his dish.
- Nail drives out nail.
- Who has no horse may ride on a staff.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in the same language
English
- He that has nothing need fear to lose nothing.
Equal proverbs in another language
Latin
- Nemo dat quod non habet. Translation No one can give what they do not have.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
- Nihil habenti nihil deest. Having nothing lacks nothing.
- Nemo potest, quod non habet, dare. No one can give what he does not have.
French
- La plus belle fille du monde ne peut donner que ce qu'elle a. The most beautiful girl in the world can only give what she has.
- Nul ne peut donner ce qu'il n'a. No one can give what they don't have.
- Peu de bien, peu de souci. Little good, little worry.
- Bienheureux qui rien n'a. Blessed are those who have nothing.
German
- Wer nichts hat, kann nichts geben. He who has nothing can give nothing.
- Niemand gibt, was er nicht hat. No one gives what he does not have.
- Wer barfuß geht, den drücken die Schuhe nicht. Who goes barefoot, the shoes do not press.
- Wer nichts hat, verliert nichts. If you have nothing, you lose nothing.
- In die leere Scheune kommt keine Maus. No mouse can get into the empty barn.
Czech
- Blaze tomu, kdo nic nemá. Blessed is he who has nothing.
- Blaze tomu, kdo nic nemá, nestará se, kam to schová. Blessed is he who has nothing, not caring where he hides it.
- Kdo nic nemá, nic neztratí. He who has nothing, loses nothing.
- Kdo nic nemá, nic nemůže dáti. He who has nothing can give nothing.
- Kdo nic nemá, ten nic nedá. He who has nothing, gives nothing.