He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Dulcia non meruit, qui non gustavit amara.
He who has not tasted the bitter has not deserved the sweet.
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Necesse est facere sumptum, qui quaerit lucrum.
It is necessary to make a cost, who seeks a profit.
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Spinam timet quicunque, non carpet rosam.
Whoever fears the thorn will not pick the rose.
French
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Veux-tu des oeufs, souffre le caquetage des poules.
If you want eggs, suffer the cackling of the hens.
German
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Der Hühner Gackern leidet man um der Eier willen.
One suffers the cackle of the hens for the sake of the eggs.
Czech
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Nepozná sladké, kdo neokusil hořké.
He knows not the sweet who has not tasted the bitter.
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Kdo chce do manželství vlézt, musí také něco snést.
Those who want to enter into marriage must also endure something.