An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold
Осел ослом останется, даже если он гружен золотом.
Свинья в золотом ошейнике - всё свинья. Осел останется ослом и в орденах и в лентах!
Другие пословицы:
- Every bird likes its own nest
- To strain at a gnat and swallow a camel
- It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest
- To put (set) the cart before the horse
- As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb
- A bird may be known by its song
- Speech is silver but silence is gold
- To eat the calf in the cow's belly
- Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse
- He that will steal an egg will steal an ox
- Give never the wolf the wether to keep
- Money is a good servant but a bad master
- If you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cow
- Diligence is the mother of success (good luck)
- To set the wolf to keep the sheep