A man cannot give What he hasn't got. 
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.
- Nail drives out nail.
- If it should rain pottage, he would want his dish.
- Who has no horse may ride on a staff.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in the same language
English
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He that has nothing need fear to lose nothing.
Equal proverbs in another language
Latin
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Nemo dat quod non habet.
Translation
No one can give what they do not have.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Nihil habenti nihil deest.
Having nothing lacks nothing.
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Nemo potest, quod non habet, dare.
No one can give what he does not have.
French
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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.
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Nul ne peut donner ce qu'il n'a.
No one can give what they don't have.
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Peu de bien, peu de souci.
Little good, little worry.
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Bienheureux qui rien n'a.
Blessed are those who have nothing.
German
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Wer nichts hat, kann nichts geben.
He who has nothing can give nothing.
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Niemand gibt, was er nicht hat.
No one gives what he does not have.
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Wer barfuß geht, den drücken die Schuhe nicht.
Who goes barefoot, the shoes do not press.
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Wer nichts hat, verliert nichts.
If you have nothing, you lose nothing.
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In die leere Scheune kommt keine Maus.
No mouse can get into the empty barn.
Czech
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Blaze tomu, kdo nic nemá.
Blessed is he who has nothing.
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Blaze tomu, kdo nic nemá, nestará se, kam to schová.
Blessed is he who has nothing, not caring where he hides it.
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Kdo nic nemá, nic neztratí.
He who has nothing, loses nothing.
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Kdo nic nemá, nic nemůže dáti.
He who has nothing can give nothing.
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Kdo nic nemá, ten nic nedá.
He who has nothing, gives nothing.