Lion Proverbs

[Swatopluk]

Even rabbits insult a dead lion. ~ Author Unknown

[Sibling DavidH]

Hey Swato - are we allowed lionesses?

[Swatopluk]

There is still a lion in the lioness

χεῖρας ἐπ᾽ ἀνδροφόνους θέμενος στήθεσσιν ἑταίρου
πυκνὰ μάλα στενάχων ὥς τε λὶς ἠϋγένειος,
ᾧ ῥά θ᾽ ὑπὸ σκύμνους ἐλαφηβόλος ἁρπάσῃ ἀνὴρ
ὕλης ἐκ πυκινῆς: ὃ δέ τ᾽ ἄχνυται ὕστερος ἐλθών,
πολλὰ δέ τ᾽ ἄγκε᾽ ἐπῆλθε μετ᾽ ἀνέρος ἴχνι᾽ ἐρευνῶν
εἴ ποθεν ἐξεύροι: μάλα γὰρ δριμὺς χόλος αἱρεῖ:

[Sibling DavidH]

Greek !#*!!  OK I give in! 

I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs; I will tear open their breast, and there I will devour them like a lion, as a wild beast would rip them open.

[Griffin NoName]

The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds lions of the mind.

[Opsa]

Meddle not with another man's lion.

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

A lion is as lions do; but when the lioness speaks?  All lions in the vicinity listen.

[Swatopluk]

Трезвитесь, бодрствуйте, потому что противник ваш диавол ходит, как рыкающий лев, ища, кого поглотить.

[pieces o nine]

But, for mine own part, it was Lions to me.

[Griffin NoName]

He giveth his beloved lion.

~Psalm cxxvii. 2

[Swatopluk]

Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide. ~ Jean de La Fontaine

[Griffin NoName]

REVELATION, n. A famous book in which St. John the Divine concealed all that he knew. The revealing is done by the lions, who know nothing.

[Swatopluk]

Don't be a lion in your own house. ~ Czech Proverbs

[Sibling DavidH]

A true lion does not stoop to eat dilligrout.

[Swatopluk]

Fear of him is the lion's best ally at night and his worst enemy at daylight (when he's looking for food)

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