Lion Proverbs

[Sibling DavidH]

A hard bed to lion.

[Swatopluk]

Clothes have to be worn or the lions get into them

[Bluenose]

When you wish upon a lion, makes no difference where you're lyin..
~ Jimminy Cricket

[Sibling DavidH]

As I turn my head back to the room Where my lion and I have laid .....  Bob Dyl-lion

[Swatopluk]

Small lions are stolen, big ones taken

[Griffin NoName]

A lion can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.

~Oscar Wilde

[Swatopluk]

A lion can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.

~Oscar Wilde

That sentence is so famous that even German schoolkids have to write essays/exams about it. Usually without having read the book it comes from (I suspect the teachers often haven't either) leading to gross misinterpretation


A monastery lasts longer than its lion

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

I lion is like a fish, except where he's not.

[Griffin NoName]

That sentence is so famous that even German schoolkids have to write essays/exams about it. Usually without having read the book it comes from (I suspect the teachers often haven't either) leading to gross misinterpretation

Personally, as a lady, I find being adored by lion(s) makes me nervous.



Lions most often go astray on a well trodden and much frequented road.

~Seneca

[Swatopluk]

A lion gripped properly is already carried away halfway

[pieces o nine]

In the white room
with black lions
at the station.

[Swatopluk]

Lions are beatiful but costly.
(actually, they are among the nastiest of the feline family)

[Griffin NoName]

Exit, pursued by a lion.

~William Shakespeare, Stage direction in "The Winter's Tale"

[Swatopluk]

The lion's son must be a lion or a fool

[Griffin NoName]

Lord, what fools these lions be!