PROVERBS ON LION
1. A bite
from a lion is better the look of envy-Arabic
2. A
continuous fever even grounds the lion-Sicilian
3. A good
surgeon has an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand-English
4. A good
surgeon must have a hawk's eye, a lion's heart and a woman's hand-Dominican
5.
A lion sleeps in the heart of every courageous person- Turkish
6. A living
dog is been than a dead lion-Italian
7. When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion-Ethiopian
8. A woman
without teeth shall be left to the lions-
Zambian
9.
An army of deer would be more powerful led by a lion, than a pride of
lions led by a stag- Unknown origin
10.
An army of stags led by a lion would be more
formidable than one of lions led by a stag-English
11. An ass in
a lion's skin-Romanian
12. As the
lion said, 'I will kill your lambs and you will remember my presence.-Bosnian
13. Better be
a tail for the lions than the head of the foxes-Hebrew
Better be the head of an ass
than the tail of a lion-Romanian
14. Better
one day as a lion than a hundred as a sheep-Italian
15. Better to
die in the clutches of the lion than under the tail of a jackass-Sicilian
16.
Better to be a free dog than a caged lion-Arabian
17. By the
claw you may know the lion-Mexican
18. When the webs of the spider join, they can trap a lion-Ethiopian
19. Even rabbits insult an dead
lion- Unknown origin
20. Even the lion has to defend
itself against flies- German
21. Even though the lion and the
antelope live in the same forest, the
22. Even the
brave are scared by a lion three times: first by its tracks, again by its roar,
and one last time face to face-Somalia
23. God is
good, but never dance with a lion-Zimbabwean
24.
When you play with a lion, do not put your hand in its mouth-Swahili
25. He flees from the roaring lion
to the crouching lion-African
26. If the
lion's skill will not do, we must sew on that of the fox-Latin
27. If you
are saved from the lion, do not be greedy and hunt it-Arabic
28. If you
see the fangs of the lions, don't think the lion is smiling-Arabic
29. It is
better to be the cub of a live jackal than of a dead lion-Ethiopian
30. It is
better to be the head of a mouse, then the tail of a lion-Gypsy
31. It is the
hunter who always beats the lions, because it is the hunter who always tells
the stories-Senegalese
32. Kindness can pluck the whiskers of a lion-Moroccan
33. Knowledge
is like a lion; it cannot be gently embraced-South African
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb- English
34. more
robust than the nose of a lion-Arabic
Nature passes Nurture-Scottish Necessity can change a lion into a fox-Iranian
35. You can tell a lion from where he dwells-Turkish
36. Not all
that have claws are lions-Swahili
37. You don't go searching for bones in a lion's den-Somali
38. Slow
moving lion eats meat-Swahili
39. That is
the lion's tail, do not play with it-Arabic
40. The
brains of a fox will be of little service if you play with the paw of a lion-English
41. The child
of lion is a lion-Swahili
42. The lion is not half so fierce as he’s painted-Spanish
43. The
lion's share-Romanian
44. The
righteous are bold as a lion-Biblical
45. There
lies a lion in every heart-Turkish
46. This cub
is from that lion-Arabic
47. Until the
lion tells his side of the story, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the
hunter-Zimbabwean
48. Until the lions have their own
historians, tales of the hunt shall always revere the hunter-African
49. Wake not
a sleeping lion-Chinese
50. What the lion cannot manage to
do the fox can-European
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