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When you play with a lion, do not put your hand in its mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings

Even rabbits insult an dead lion.

Proverbs and old sayings

There lies a lion in every heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about heart

A hungry dog will bring a lion down.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish

You can tell a lion from where he dwells.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish

When the lion gets old even flies attack him.

Proverbs and old sayings about attack, old, olderness

A lion doesn't fear a fly.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about fear

A woman without teeth shall be left to the lions.

Proverbs and old sayings about woman

God is good, but never dance with a lion.

Proverbs and old sayings about dance, god, good, good luck

Until the lion tells his side of the story, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.

Proverbs and old sayings about hunters, fairy tales

The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further than the roar of a lion.

Proverbs and old sayings Arab

The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further off than the roar of a lion.

Proverbs and old sayings

How can the person who is eating dates prohibit the eating of dates? It's better to be a free dog than a caged lion.

Proverbs and old sayings about people

The lizard that lives high up in iroko tree does not hear the lions roar.

Proverbs and old sayings

Bite me not, my name is little grizzle; had I a little tail I should be a little lion.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about name

The brains of a fox will be of little service if you play with the paw of a lion.

Proverbs and old sayings English

It is better to be the cub of a live jackal than of a dead lion.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian

It is better to be the head of a mouse, then the tail of a lion.

Proverbs and old sayings Gypsy about gypsies, heads

An army of deer would be more formidable commanded by a lion, than a an army of lions commanded by a stag.

Proverbs and old sayings

The first drink makes you a frisky gazelle, the second an impetuous zebra, the third a roaring lion, and with the fourth you become a silly donkey.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about drinking