"If you play with a cat, you must not mind her scratch."
-- Yiddish Proverb
"To live long, eat like a cat, drink like a dog."
-- German Proverb
"In a cat's eyes, all things belong to cats."
-- English Proverb
"When the fox preaches, look to your geese."
-- German Proverb
"When the mouse laughs at the cat there's a hole
nearby."
-- Nigerian Proverb
"Wherever the mice laugh at the cat, there you will find a
hole."
-- Portugal Proverb
"All cats are bad in May."
-- French Proverb
"Misfortunes come on horseback and depart on foot."
-- French Proverb 
"A cat has nine lives. For three he plays, for three he
strays, and for the last three he stays."
-- English and American Proverb
"A cat with a straw tail keeps away from fire."
-- English Proverb
"Those that dislike cats will be carried to the cemetery in
the rain!"
-- Dutch Proverb
"Three
things it is best to avoid: a strange dog, a flood, and a man who thinks
he is wise."
-- Welsh Proverb
"After dark all cats are leopards."
-- Native American Proverb (Zuni)
"An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of
lions led by a sheep."
-- Arab Proverb
"An ass
is but an ass, though laden with gold."
-- Romanian Proverb
"What
the cat is not home, the mice will jump on the table."
-- Dutch Jewish Saying
"The dog's kennel is not the place to keep a sausage."
-- Danish Proverb
"Be
thine enemy an ant, see in him an elephant.."
-- Turkish Proverb
"Better a mouse in the pot than no meat at all."
-- Romanian Proverb
"The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your
bread."
-- Portuguese Proverb
"Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is
calm."
-- Malayan Proverb
"Every animal knows more than you do."
-- Native American Proverb (Nez Perce)
"If stretching were wealth, the cat would be rich."
-- African Proverb
"One should not send a cat to deliver cream"
-- Yiddish saying
"The big fish eats the small one."
-- Sephardic saying
"The
cat--moon eats the gray mice of night."
-- Western Europe Proverb
"Honey is not sweet for a donkey"
-- Ethiopian Proverb
"A
hyena intrudes through a gap a dog opened."
-- Ethiopian Proverb
"The
goat that stayed with a deer learned farting"
-- Ethiopian Proverb
"No one
sees a fly on a trotting horse."
Meaning: Don't sweat the details, because people won't notice them in
the big scheme of things.
-- Polish Saying
"Don't
call alligator long mouth till you pass him."
-- Jamaican Proverb
"For
cheap money, dogs eat meat."
Meaning: If you are too cheap, you'll waste your money because you'll
end up throwing it out because what you buy is no good.
-- Polish Saying
"Let every fox take care of his own tail."
-- Italian Proverb
"Better a mouse in the pot than no meat at all."
-- Romanian Proverb
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"By trying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree."
-- Cameroonian Proverb
"When a camel is at the foot of a mountain then judge of his
height."
-- Hindu Proverb
"A crab does not beget a bird."
-- Ghanaian Proverb
"When the snake is in the house, one need not discuss the matter at
length."
-- African Proverb
"Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake."
-- Persian Proverb
"A kind word can attract even the snake from his nest."
-- Saudi Arabian Proverb
"Hunger will lead a fox out of the forest."
-- Polish Proverb
"Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water."
-- Indian Proverb
"If you call one wolf, you invite the pack."
-- Bulgarian Proverb
"Caution is not cowardice; even the ants march armed."
-- Ugandan Proverb
"Where there is sugar, there are bound to be ants."
-- Malay Proverb
"The fool who owns an ox is seldom recognized as a fool."
-- South African Proverb
"If there were no elephant in the jungle, the buffalo would be a
great animal."
-- Ghanaian Proverb
"It is not a fish until it is on the bank."
-- Irish Proverb
"Throw a lucky man in the sea, and he will come up with a fish in
his mouth."
-- Saudi Arabian Proverb
"I am a prince and you are a prince; who will lead the
donkeys?"
-- Saudi Arabian Proverb
"The cat which did not reach the sausage said: Anyhow it is
Friday."
-- Georgian Proverb
"If you are buying a cow, make sure that the price of the tail is
included."
-- Tamil Proverb
"Cats don't catch mice to please God."
-- Afghan Proverb
"If you want to keep camels, have a big enough door."
-- Afghan Proverb
"The
barking of a dog does not disturb the man on a camel."
-- Egyptian Proverb
"You never know how a cow catches a rabbit."
-- Dutch Proverb
"Cross in a crowd and the crocodile won't eat you."
-- Malagasy Proverb
"Only when you have crossed the river can you say the crocodile has
a lump on his snout."
-- Ghanaian Proverb
"Beware of a man's shadow and a bee's sting."
-- Burmese Proverb
"A hero only appears once the tiger is dead."
-- Burmese Proverb
"The child of a tiger is a tiger."
-- Haitian Proverb
"The best way to eat the elephant standing in your path is to cut
it up into little pieces."
-- African Proverb
"Where there are no tigers, a wildcat is very self-important."
-- Korean Proverb
"Fuel is not sold in a forest, nor fish on a lake."
-- Chinese Proverb
"Milk the cow, but do not pull off
the udder."
-- Greek Proverb
"Children aren't dogs; adults aren't gods."
-- Haitian Proverb
"Those
who dislike cats will be carried to the cemetery in the rain."
-- Dutch Proverb
"Govern a family as you would cook a small fish -- very
gently."
-- Chinese Proverb
"To climb a tree to catch a fish is talking much and doing
nothing."
-- Chinese Proverb
"The child of a tiger is a tiger."
-- Haitian Proverb
"Flatters, like cats, lick and then scratch."
-- German Proverb
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