gods may do what cattle may not

English

Etymology

Perhaps a modified calque of quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi.

Proverb

gods may do what cattle may not

1. What is permitted to one important person or group is not permitted to everyone; there is a double standard.
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See also

• a cat may look at a king