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If a dog bites you once it's his fault, but if it bites you again it's your fault.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment

When a dog bites a man, that is not news; but when a man bites a dog, that is news.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about man, americans

A mad dog bites anything except itself.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The person you put on your back is one who bites you.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about people, contentment

If a dog bites you, you don't attack it but you attack its owner.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about attack, contentment

My dog slaps you with his tail and bites you with his teeth.

Proverbs and old sayings Basques about contentment

The dog that has bitten bites again.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Active people never have louse bites.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people

The older the ginger, the more it bites.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

If a rat wants to die it bites a cat's tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about death

Bite not the dog that bites.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

He that wants to hang a dog, says that it bites the sheep.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

The tooth often bites the tongue, and yet they keep together.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

He covers me with his wings, and bites me with his bill.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about bills

Who bites with a lie will swallow with pain.

Proverbs and old sayings Estonian about pain, lie

A gaunt brute bites sore.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Not every dog that barks bites.

Proverbs and old sayings French

The bites of priests and wolves are hard to heal.

Proverbs and old sayings German

A dog bites the stone, not him who throws it.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic

A dog always bites under the knee.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian