"Be wise as serpents; gentle as doves." --Hebrew Proverb "Curses, like chickens, come home to roost." Once uttered, words cannot be taken back; one's ill words may come back to cause one trouble. circa 1390 (Chaucer, Parson's Tale) Source: indiana.edu "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 "Flatters, like cats, lick and then scratch." -- German Proverb

"Wherever a goat goes; a kid follows." -- Mzab Proverb Source: Dog Hause Visitor Sefyane Doudou "He who is bitten by a snake will be frightened of a rope." -- Mzab Proverb "No time to beat drums when february comes;just to sweep barns and to climb date-palms." -- Mzab Proverb "A hippo does not have a sting in its tail, but a wise man would still rather be sat on by a bee." -- Polish proverb "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 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 "Oh hyena, don't give me excuse to eat me" -- Ethiopian Proverb "A shut mouth catches no flies." -- Spanish Proverb

"An old cat will never learn to dance." -- Moroccan Jewish Saying "You can cage a bird, but you cannot make him sing." -- French Jewish Saying "Hay is more acceptable to an ass than gold." -- Latin Proverb "Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last." -- Chinese Proverb "Trust in Allah, but tie your camel." -- Old Muslim Proverb "It is not the horse that draws the cart, but the oats." -- Russian proverb "Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet." -- Chinese Proverb "If a cat washes her face in front of several persons, the first person she looks at will be the first to get married." -- Early American saying "In a cat's eyes all things belong to cats." -- English saying "Old birds are hard to pluck." -- German Proverb "In the ant's house, the dew is a flood." -- Old Proverb "When spiders unite they can tie down a lion." -- Ethiopian Proverb "No need to teach an eagle to fly." -- Greek Proverb "One hundred people can sit together peacefully, but two dogs in the same place will pick a fight." -- Kurdistan Jewish Saying "It is the part of a good shepherd to shear his flock, not to skin it." -- Latin Proverb "God gives every bird his worm, but he does not throw it into the nest. -- Swedish Proverb "Be thine enemy an ant, see in him an elephant..." -- Turkish Proverb "Her horns are not heavy for a cow" -- Ethiopian Proverb "Never try to catch two frogs with one hand." -- Chinese Proverb "Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake." -- Persian Proverb "Where there are no swamps there are no frogs." -- German Proverb "Judge not the horse by his saddle." -- Chinese Proverb "If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also." -- Russian Proverb "If three people say you are an ass, put on a bridle." -- Spanish Proverb "Beware of still water, a still dog, and a still enemy." -- Yiddish Proverb "If wishes were horses, beggars might ride." -- English Proverb "One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him." -- Chinese Proverb "Without a shepherd, sheep are not a flock." -- Russian Proverb "A prudent man does not make the goat his gardener." -- Hungarian Proverb "Call the bear 'Uncle' till you are safe across the bridge." -- Turkish Proverb "The turtle lays thousands of eggs without anyone knowing, but when the hen lays an egg, the whole country is informed." -- Malaysian Proverb "The sheep has no choice when in the jaws of the wolf." -- Chinese proverb "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." -- Greek Proverb "If you cannot bite, don't show your teeth." -- Yiddish Proverb "A bird is known by his feathers." -- Yiddish Proverb "When the cat's away, the mice will play." -- Western Europe Proverb

When elephants fight, the grass dies.
-- African Proverb

"If a girl treads on a cat's tail, she will not find a husband before a year is out."
-- French proverb

"Books and cats and fair-haired little girls make the best furnishings for a room."
-- French proverb

"You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats."
-- Colonial American Proverb

Whenever the cat of the house is black
The lasses of lovers will have no lack.
-- Old English proverb

"A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song."
-- Chinese Proverb

"One catches more flies with a spoonful of honey then with twenty casks of vinegar."
-- French Proverb

"Beware of a silent dog and still water."
-- Latin Proverb

"In a cat's eyes, all things belong to the cat."
-- English Proverb

"Until the lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter."
-- African Proverb

"Never try to catch two frogs with one hand."
-- Chinese Proverb

"The greater love is a mother's; then comes a dog's; then a sweetheart's."
-- Polish Proverb

"If the camel once get his nose in a tent, the body will soon follow."
-- Saudi Proverb

"Listen to all, plucking a feather from every passing goose, but, follow no one absolutely."
-- Chinese Proverb

"Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother."
-- Moorish Proverb

"Young pigs grunt as as old pigs grunted before them."
-- Danish Proverb

"One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him."
-- Chinese Proverb

"Live with wolves, and you learn to howl."
-- Spanish Proverb

"In time, even a bear can be taught to dance."
-- Yiddish Saying

"The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's."
-- Polish Proverb

"Whoever needs milk, bows to the animal."
-- Yiddish Saying

"Do not respond to a barking dog."
-- Moroccan Jewish saying

"The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further than the roar of a lion."
-- Arab Proverb

"If you were born lucky, even your rooster will lay eggs."
-- Russian Proverb

"Never scratch a tiger with a short stick." -- Proverb "People live like birds in the woods: When the time comes, each must take flight." -- Chinese Proverb "You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair." -- Chinese Proverb "Little by little, the camel goes into the couscous." -- Moroccan Proverb "One camel does not make fun of another camel's hump." -- Ghanaian Proverb "Bulls make money and bears make money, but hogs just get slaughtered." -- American Proverb "It is easier to make a camel jump a ditch than to make a fool listen to reason." -- Kurdish Proverb "Do not walk into a snake pit with your eyes open." -- Somali Proverb "Death is a black camel that lies down at every door. Sooner or later you must ride the camel." -- Saudi Arabian Proverb "The freshest fish smell after three days." (Don't wear out your welcome.) -- Japanese Proverb Source: Dog Hause Visitor Craig Goetzinger "Even monkeys sometimes fall from trees." (Even Homer sometimes nods.) -- Japanese Proverb Source: Dog Hause Visitor Craig Goetzinger "Handsome cats and fat dung heaps are the sign of a good farmer." -- French proverb "Beware of people who dislike cats." -- Irish proverb "Who cares well for cats will marry as happily as he or she could ever wish." -- French proverb "Don't change horses while crossing a stream." -- American Proverb "The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives." -- Native American Proverb "If you want to know what a tiger is like, look at a cat." -- Hindu proverb "A roaring lion kills no game." -- African Proverb "Do not give a hyena meat to look after." -- African Proverb "The cat's a saint when there are no mice about." -- Japanese proverb "Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun." -- Indian Proverb  "A snake deserves no pity." -- Yiddish Proverb "Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas." -- Italian Proverb "Three things it is best to avoid: a strange dog, a flood, and a man who thinks he is wise." -- Welsh Proverb "Let every fox take care of his own tail." -- Italian Proverb "If you chase two rabbits, both will escape." -- proverb (venue unknown) "Show a dog a finger, and he wants the whole hand." -- Yiddish Proverb "Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake." -- Persian Proverb "When an elephant is in trouble even a frog will kick him." -- Hindu Proverb "When spiders unite they can tie down a lion." -- Ethiopian Proverb "When the fox preaches, look to the geese." -- German Proverb  "Fish or cut bait." -- American Proverb "Give to a pig when it grunts and a child when it cries, and you will have a fine pig and a bad child." -- Danish Proverb "If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also." -- Russian Proverb "The cat is a lion to the mouse." -- Albanian proverb "A house without either a cat or a dog is the house of a scoundrel." -- Portuguese Proverb "One cannot know the grandeur of an elephant by looking at its tail." -- African Proverb

"Do not blame God for having created the tiger, but thank Him for not having given it wings."
-- African Proverb

"Where there are no tigers, a wildcat is very self-important."
-- Korean Proverb

"He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount."
-- Traditional Proverb

"One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him."
-- Chinese Proverb

"A tiger does not have to proclaim its tigritude."
-- Nigerian Proverb

"If you have money, men think you are wise, handsome, and able to sing like a bird."
-- Jewish Proverb

"An honest man is not the worse because a dog barks at him."
-- Danish Proverb

"Don't strike a flea on a tiger's head."
-- Chinese Proverb

"Before you milk a cow tie it up."
-- South African Proverb

"The good cow gets sold in its own country."
-- Maltese Proverb

"Every dog is allowed one bite."
-- US Proverb

"A good dog deserves a good bone."
-- US Proverb

"Giving advice to a stupid man is like giving salt to a squirrel."
-- Kashmiri Proverb

"Two farmers each claimed to own a certain cow. While one pulled on its head and the other pulled on its tail, meanwhile the cow was milked by a lawyer."
-- Jewish Parable

"If you stop every time a dog barks, your road will never end."
-- Saudi Arabian Proverb

"A noisy cow gives little milk."
-- Polish Proverb

"I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap."
-- Spanish Proverb

"It's not the fault of the mouse, but of the one who offers him the cheese."
-- Mexican Proverb

"When you go to a donkey's house, don't talk about ears."
-- Jamaican Proverb

"Settling a dispute through the law is like losing a cow for the sake of a cat."
-- Chinese Proverb

"You come with a cat and call it a rabbit."
-- Cameroonian Proverb

"At high tide the fish eat ants; at low tide the ants eat fish."
-- Thai Proverb

"An ox with long horns, even if he does not butt, will be accused of butting."
-- Malay Proverb

"An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox."
-- Mexican Proverb

"With a sweet tongue of kindness, you can drag an elephant by a hair."
-- Persian Proverb

"Every worm has its hole."
-- Yiddish Proverb

"Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow."
-- Italian Proverb

"The frog likes water, but not boiling water."
-- Senegalese Proverb

"A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat."
-- Congolese Proverb

"A donkey always says thank you with a kick."
-- Kenyan Proverb

"If a rich man ate a snake, they would say it was because of his wisdom; if a poor man ate it, they would say it was because of his stupidity."
-- Saudi Arabian Proverb

"Whoever plows with a team of donkeys must have patience."
-- Zimbabwean Proverb

"The kind man feeds his cat before sitting down to dinner."
-- Hebrew Proverb

"It's the same donkey, but with a new saddle."
-- Afghan Proverb

"When a miser dies, the heirs feel as happy as when they kill a pig."
-- Maltese Proverb

"An old cat will not learn how to dance."
-- Moroccan Proverb

"A cat will teach her young ones all the tricks, except how to jump backwards."
-- Netherlands Antillean Proverb

"When the mouse laughs at the cat, there's a hole nearby."
-- Nigerian Proverb

"A chattering bird builds no nest."
-- Cameroonian Proverb