One sows and another reaps. 
Proverbs on a similar topic
- Honesty is the best policy.
- A good name is better than riches.
- A fault confessed is half redressed.
- A good conscience is a soft pillow.
- Much shall have more.
- Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.
- The sun shines everywhere.
- One beats the bush, and another catches the birds.
- If the Staff be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
- One does the scathe, and another has the scorn.
- He that has a goose, will get a goose.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Alii sementem faciunt, alii metunt.
Some sow, others reap.
French
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Il a battu les buissons et un autre a pris les oiseaux.
He beat the bushes and another took the birds.
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Manger son pain à la fumée du rôt.
Eating your bread in the smoke of the roast.
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Tel sème, qui ne recueille pas.
He who sows, does not reap.
German
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Der eine sät, der andere erntet.
One sows, the other reaps.
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Der eine hat die Mühe, der andere schöpft die Brühe.
One has the effort, the other ladles the broth.
Czech
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Ne toho pták, kdo ho škube, ale kdo ho jí.
It's not the bird that jerks it, but who eats it.
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Jiný sel, jiný žne.
One soweth, another reapeth.
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Jeden seje, druhý sklízí.
One sows, the other reaps.