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It is not for the swan to teach eaglets to sing.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Folly hath eagle's wings, but the eyes of an owl.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about eyes

The eagle does not catch flies.

Proverbs and old sayings English

A good surgeon has an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand.

Proverbs and old sayings English about heart, good, good luck

Even the strongest the eagle cannot soar hirer than the stars.

Proverbs and old sayings about celebrity, stars

The eagle does not hunt flies.

Proverbs and old sayings French

No need to teach an eagle to fly.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about need

An eagle's old age is worth a sparrow's youth.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about olderness, youth, age, old

The old age of an eagle is better than the youth of a sparrow.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about olderness, youth, age, old

Let the kite hawk have a perch, and let the eagle also have a perch. Whichever begrudges the other the right to perch, may he break a wing.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about rightness

An eagle will not catch flies.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

The eagle does not war against frogs.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about war

The eagle does not wage war against frogs.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about salary, war

It is not honour for an eagle to vanquish a dove.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about honour

An eagle doesn't catch flies.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Teach an eagle to fly, a dolphin to swim.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

The carrion which the eagle has left feeds the crow.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Where the carcass is, there shall the eagles be gathered together.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Where the carcase is, there shall the eagles be gathered together.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

Even an eagle will not fly higher than the sun.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about sun