No man loves his fetters, be they made of gold
Оковы никто не любит, будь они хоть из золота.
Золотая клетка соловью не потеха. Больной и золотой кровати не рад.
Другие пословицы:
- A penny saved is a penny gained
- The falling out of lovers is the renewing of love
- The tailor makes the man
- An unfortunate man would be drowned in a teacup
- Gluttony kills more men than the sword
- Man proposes but God disposes
- All that glitters is not gold
- A man can die but once
- Faint heart never won fair lady
- Blind men can judge no colours
- One man, no man
- Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools
- Penny-wise and pound-foolish
- Hatred is blind, as well as love
- A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will