Slave Proverbs

The person who has been a slave from birth does not value rebellion. (Yoruba Proverb)
A man's servant can live for a hundred years; the slave of a woman dies in six months. View proverb
Persian Proverb
A sword in the hands of a drunken slave is less dangerous than science in the hands of the immoral. View proverb
Persian Proverb
Rather be a slave to a rich man than the spouse of a poor man. View proverb
Hindi Proverb
If you call a lady a slave, she laughs, but if you call a slave a slave, he cries. View proverb
Hindi Proverb
A slave shows his true character, not while he is enslaved but when he becomes a master. View proverb
Jewish Proverb
Better the grave than a slave. View proverb
Korean Proverb
The excessively kind-hearted person becomes a slave. View proverb
Myanmar Proverb
The tyrant is only the slave turned inside out. View proverb
Egyptian Proverb
When a slave mounts a camel he wants to ride on both humps. View proverb
Egyptian Proverb
Hunger is felt by a slave and hunger is felt by a king. (Ghana Proverb)
A slave does not choose his master. View proverb
Ghana Proverb
When the heart acts, the body is its slave. View proverb
African Proverb
Work like a slave and eat like a gentleman. View proverb
Albanian Proverb
Call someone your lord and he'll sell you in the slave market. View proverb
Arabic Proverb
He who works as a slave, eats as a king. View proverb
Hindi Proverb
For the first five years of your son's life treat him as a prince, for the next ten years as a slave, then as a friend for the rest of his life. View proverb
Hindi Proverb
The right hand is slave to the left. View proverb
Italian Proverb
It is better to be a free man in a small house than a slave in a big one. View proverb
Norwegian Proverb
Rather free in a foreign place than a slave back home. View proverb
Norwegian Proverb
A slave has no choice. (Kenyan Proverb)
He who carries too much tenderness will become a slave. View proverb
Myanmar Proverb
Be the master of your will and the slave of your conscience. View proverb
Hasidic Proverb
The same rain that drenches the slave also drenches the slave driver. View proverb
Ibo Proverb
He who renounces his ancestrey is like a slave. View proverb
Swahili Proverb