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