Cage Proverbs

A cat in a cage becomes a lion. (Hindi Proverb)
The bird that escapes from its cage never wants to come back. View proverb
Vietnamese Proverb
Though a cage may be made of gold, it is still a cage. View proverb
Mexican Proverb
Though the cage be made of gold, it's still a prison. View proverb
Mexican Proverb
Even if the nightingale is in a gold cage, she still dreams of returning to the forest. View proverb
Armenian Proverb
The narrower the cage, the sweeter the liberty. View proverb
German Proverb
Catch the bird before you build a cage. View proverb
Georgian Proverb
A cage made of gold does not feed the bird inside of it. View proverb
Italian Proverb
A golden cage does not feed the bird. View proverb
Italian Proverb
Better be a bird of the wood than a bird in the cage. View proverb
Italian Proverb
A fine cage won't feed the bird. (French Proverb)
An artful bird can be trapped in a rotten cage. View proverb
Swahili Proverb
No matter how long a bird lives in a cage, it will always want to escape. View proverb
African Proverb
A severely under paid hungry teacher in a renovated, well-equipped classroom, can perform just as well as a bird without feathers can do in a hanging, decorated cage. View proverb
African Proverb
A bird in the cage is worth a hundred at large. View proverb
Italian Proverb
Where there's a senior the minor yields, said the chick in the cage. View proverb
Sicilian Proverb
You can cage a bird but you can't make it sing. View proverb
French Proverb
They put the nightingale into a golden cage, yet it still craved for its home. View proverb
Turkish Proverb
The prettiest birds are in a cage. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
From the woods a beautiful pheasant, from the sea a beautiful moray eel, from the river a den eel, from the cage a beautiful chicken. View proverb
Sicilian Proverb
When the cage is ready the bird is flown. (French Proverb)
In the estimation of the nightingale, a cage of gold is a prison. View proverb
Turkish Proverb