A collection of proverbs and quotes in which at least one mammal is mentioned.
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It's very likely that most mammals have consciousness, and probably birds, too.Richard Dawkins
Leave one wolf alive and the sheep are never safe.(unknown author)
Source: Game of Thrones
Quoted: Arya Stark
Life on a farm is a school of patience; you can't hurry the crops or make an ox in two days.Henri Alain Liogier
Make a friend of the wolf, but keep your axe ready.
Make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Man's heart is never satisfied; the snake would swallow the elephant.
Many ants kill a camel.
March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.
Might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb.If the penalty is going to be the same, you might as well commit the greater offence.
Neither give cherries to pigs nor advice to fools.
Off Bilbo had to go, before he could explain that he could not hoot even once like any kind of owl any more than fly like a bat.J.R.R. Tolkien
Source: The Hobbit - Chapter 2 - Roast Mutton
Only a rat can win a rat race.Michael Franti
People seek out big shots as flies seek out the elephant's tail.
Riding an elephant to catch grasshoppers.Using a sledge hammer to crack a nut
Scarce as rocking-horse manure.
Sit atop the mountain and watch the tigers fight.
Temple dogs are always looking for a place with no fleas, not realising they are carrying them with them as they go.
That the dog should die was after the beautiful, faithful nature of dogs.Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Source: The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
The ambitious one makes friends with the elephant, then tramples upon the ant.
The brains of a fox will be of little service if you play with the paw of a lion.
The brave flea dares to eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.
The camel carries the load, but it is the tick that complains.
The cow drinks water and it turns to milk; the snake drinks water and it turns to poison.
The death throes of an elephant are not so annoying as a living flea.
The dog in the doghouse barks at his fleas, the dog that hunts does not feel them.
The fatter the flea, the leaner the dog.
The fly on the back of a water buffalo thinks that it's taller than the buffalo.
The fly that stands on the carabao's (water buffalo) back thinks that it is taller than the carabao.
The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.Archilochus
The fox will catch you with cunning, and the wolf with courage.
The hare and the snail have New Year on the same day.
The hind that would be mated by the lion must die for love.William Shakespeare
Source: All's Well That Ends Well
The lean dog is all fleas.
The lord of the eagles of the Misty Mountains had eyes that could look at the sun unblinking, and could see a rabbit moving on the ground a mile below even in the moonlight.J.R.R. Tolkien
Source: The Hobbit - Chapter 6 - Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire
About the eagles.
The loudest bark rids not a dog of his fleas.
The monkey looks into the mirror and sees a gazelle.
The more hair a dog has, the more fleas he will have.
The mosquito is more dangerous than the tiger.
The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken.You need to have alternative plans if you don't want to fail.
The nice apples are always eaten by nasty pigs.
The old monkey gets the apple.
The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?David Attenborough
The skinnier the dog, the more fleas he has.
The tiny ant dares to enter the lion's ear.
The wild pear has blossomed: the kid goat no longer suffers.
The world flatters the elephant and tramples on the ant.
There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.George Carlin
There is a black sheep in every flock.In each group there is always someone who doesn't behave like the others.
Those who sleep with dogs gets up with fleas.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
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