Might goes before right.
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.
- Better die with honour than live with shame.
- 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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Might overcomes right.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Ius est in armis.
It is right in arms.
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Tantum iuris habet unusquisque, quantum potentia valet.
Everyone has as much right as he has power.
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Cui vis est, ius non metuit.
To whom there is force, the right is not afraid.
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Cedit viribus aequum.
He yields to his fair forces.
French
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La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure.
The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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La force prime le droit.
Force takes precedence over law.
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Entre l'enclume et le marteau il ne faut pas mettre le doigt.
Don't put your finger between the anvil and the hammer.
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Où force domine, raison n'a point de lieu.
Where force dominates, reason has no place.
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Force passe droit.
Force passe droit.
German
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Macht geht vor Recht.
Might is right.
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Der Stärkere hat immer recht.
The strongest is always right.
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Gewalt geht vor Recht.
Violence takes precedence over law.
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Kommt die Macht, so fällt das Recht in Acht.
If the power comes, the right falls into heed.
Czech
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Jak pán káže, tak se koza váže.
As the master preaches, so the goat binds.
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Na kom vláda, na tom pravda.
On whom the government, on whom the truth.
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Kde vládne síla, tam rozumu mohyla.
Where strength reigns, there is the mound of reason.
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Čí síla, toho i vůle.
Whose strength, his will.
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Kde vláda, tam pravda.
Where there's government, there's truth.
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Moc železo láme.
Power breaks iron.
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Kdo vládnější, ten silnější.
Whoever rules is stronger.