Lean liberty is better than fat slavery. 
In cavea minus bene canit luscinia.
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.
- A servant is known by his master's absence.
- Better die with honour than live with shame.
- 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
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Nightingales will not sing in a Cage.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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In cavea minus bene canit luscinia.
The nightingale sings less well in the cage.
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Lusciniolae deest cantio.
Lusciniola's song is missing.
French
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Mieux vaut être oiseau de bocage, que de cage.
Better to be a bocage bird than a cage bird.
German
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Hinter dem Gitter schmeckt auch Honig bitter.
Behind the grid, honey also tastes bitter.
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Ein goldenes Gitter ist auch ein Gitter.
A golden grid is also a grid.
Czech
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Zavřete ptáka do zlaté klece, les mu bude milejší.
Put the bird in a golden cage, the forest will be kinder to him.