Better die with honour than live with shame. 
Proverbs on a similar topic
- Big fish eat little fish.
- The dogs bark but the caravan goes on.
- Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil.
- The darkest place is under the candlestick.
- If you cannot bite never show your teeth.
- Lean liberty is better than fat slavery.
- A servant is known by his master's absence.
- Might goes before right.
- Whether the pitcher strikes the stone or the stone strikes the pitcher, it is bad for the pitcher.
- There is no arguing with a large fist.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in the same language
English
- Liberty is more worth than gold.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Honesta mors turpi vita potior.
Honorable death is preferable to a life of shame.
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Morte mori melius quam vitam ducere mortis.
It is better to die than to lead a life of death.
French
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Plutôt la mort que l'esclavage.
Rather death than slavery.
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La belle cage ne nourrit pas l'oiseau.
The beautiful cage doesn't feed the bird.
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Il vaut mieux être oiseau de campagne qu'oiseau de cage.
It's better to be a country bird than a cage bird.
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Mieux vaut la cendre divine que du monde la farine.
Better divine ashes than the world's flour.
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Il n'y a pas de belle prison.
There's no such thing as a nice prison.
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Mourir plutôt que d'être esclave.
To die rather than be a slave.
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Les chaînes d'or sont toujours des chaînes.
Golden chains are still chains.
German
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Lieber tot als Sklave.
Better dead than a slave.
Czech
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Svoboda nad zlato.
Freedom over gold.
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Pták je radši vně než v kleci, by ty ho jak krmil.
The bird would rather be outside than in a cage, you feed it.
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Když pták z klece vynikne, nečekej, by se vrátil.
When the bird comes out of the cage, don't expect it to come back.
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Stříbrná klec, a zlatá svoboda.
A silver cage, and golden freedom.
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Lepší smrt než hanebný život.
Better death than a shameful life.