If you see your friend's ox or sheep straying, don't look the other way; return them to your friend.
Proverbs and old sayings
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Be peaceful yet vigilant -- a sheep will bite someone without a stick.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about prudence
Don't go putting wool on a sheep's back.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish
A woman like a sheep, an affable friendly woman.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about woman
A soft dropping April brings milk to cows and sheep.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish
If one sheep puts his head through the gap the rest will follow.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about heads
There never was a scabby sheep in a flock that didn't like to have a comrade.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish
There was never a scabby sheep in a flock that didn't like to have a comrade.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish
One scabby sheep spoils a flock.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
A mild sheep is suck by every lamb.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
All the sheep are not for the wolf.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
Better give the wool than the sheep.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
He sets the wolf to guard the sheep.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
Better to lose the wool than the sheep.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
A sheep's bite is never more than skip deep.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
The wolf bemoans the sheep, and then eats it.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
'Tis a silly sheep that confesses to the wolf.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
The court of Rome likes not sheep without wool.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
Every time the sheep bleats it loseth a mouthful.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about time
On every small pretext the wolf seizes the sheep.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
