He that will eat the kernel must crack the nut.

Similar proverbs in another language

 Latin

• Magna venit nulli sine magno fama labore.   Show translation Great fame comes to no one without hard work.

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 French

• Il faut casser le noyau pour en avoir l' amande.   Show translation You have to break the stone to get the kernel.
• Pour avoir la moelle, il faut briser l'os.   Show translation To get the marrow, you have to break the bone.
• Qui veut manger le noyau, casse la noix.   Show translation If you want to eat the pit, break the nut.

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 German

• Wer die Nuß essen will, muß die Schale zerbeißen.   Show translation If you want to eat the nut, you have to bite the shell.

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 Czech

• Kdo chce ryby jísti, musí se zmokřiti.   Show translation He that would eat fish must be wet.
• Kdo chce loviti, musí do vody.   Show translation Whoever wants to hunt must go into the water.

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