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* "Wherever a goat goes; a kid follows."
-- Mzab Proverb
Source: Dog Hause Visitor Sefyane Doudou

* "He who is bitten by a snake will be frightened of a rope."
-- Mzab Proverb

* "No time to beat drums when february comes;just to sweep barns and to climb date-palms."
-- Mzab Proverb

*"A hippo does not have a sting in its tail, but a wise man would still rather be sat on by a bee."
-- Polish proverb

* "If you play with a cat, you must not mind her scratch."
-- Yiddish Proverb

* "To live long, eat like a cat, drink like a dog."
-- German Proverb

* "In a cat's eyes, all things belong to cats."
-- English Proverb

* "When the fox preaches, look to your geese."
-- German Proverb

* "When the mouse laughs at the cat there's a hole nearby."
-- Nigerian Proverb

* "Wherever the mice laugh at the cat, there you will find a hole."
-- Portugal Proverb

* "All cats are bad in May."
-- French Proverb

* "Misfortunes come on horseback and depart on foot."
-- French Proverb

* "A cat has nine lives. For three he plays, for three he strays, and for the last three he stays."
-- English and American Proverb

* "A cat with a straw tail keeps away from fire."
-- English Proverb

* "Those that dislike cats will be carried to the cemetery in the rain!"
-- Dutch Proverb

* "Three things it is best to avoid: a strange dog, a flood, and a man who thinks he is wise."
-- Welsh Proverb

* "After dark all cats are leopards."
-- Native American Proverb (Zuni)

* "An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold."
-- Romanian Proverb

* "What the cat is not home, the mice will jump on the table."
-- Dutch Jewish Saying

* "The dog's kennel is not the place to keep a sausage."
-- Danish Proverb

* "Be thine enemy an ant, see in him an elephant.."
-- Turkish Proverb

* "Better a mouse in the pot than no meat at all."
-- Romanian Proverb

* "The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread."
-- Portuguese Proverb

* "Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm."
-- Malayan Proverb

* "Every animal knows more than you do."
-- Native American Proverb (Nez Perce)

* "If stretching were wealth, the cat would be rich."
-- African Proverb

* "One should not send a cat to deliver cream"
-- Yiddish saying

* "The big fish eats the small one."
-- Sephardic saying

* "The cat--moon eats the gray mice of night."
-- Western Europe Proverb

* "Honey is not sweet for a donkey"
-- Ethiopian Proverb

* "A hyena intrudes through a gap a dog opened."
-- Ethiopian Proverb

* "The goat that stayed with a deer learned farting"
-- Ethiopian Proverb

* "No one sees a fly on a trotting horse."
Meaning: Don't sweat the details, because people won't notice them in the big scheme of things.
-- Polish Saying

* "Don't call alligator long mouth till you pass him."
-- Jamaican Proverb

* "For cheap money, dogs eat meat."
Meaning: If you are too cheap, you'll waste your money because you'll end up throwing it out because what you buy is no good.
-- Polish Saying

* "Let every fox take care of his own tail."
-- Italian Proverb

* "Better a mouse in the pot than no meat at all."
-- Romanian Proverb

* "Oh hyena, don't give me excuse to eat me"
-- Ethiopian Proverb

* "A shut mouth catches no flies."
-- Spanish Proverb

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