Lion Proverbs

[Griffin NoName]

The biggest difference between time and lions is that you can't reuse time.

[Swatopluk]

Dead lions do not roar. ~ French Proverb

[Aphos]

If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a lion does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.

[Griffin NoName]

He who lives without lions isn't so wise as he thinks.

[Swatopluk]

Brave is the lion tamer, brave is the world subduer, but braver is the one who has subdued himself. ~ Johann Gottfried Von Herder

[pieces o nine]

You are a child of the universe; no less than the trees and the lions, you have a right to be here.

[Swatopluk]

A big mane doth not a great lion make

[Sibling DavidH]

Lions are more like they are now than they ever were before.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

[Swatopluk]

Who drew the picture of that lion? Who?
Chaucer, Canterbury Tales

[pieces o nine]

He who is cruel to lions becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of lions.
~Immanuel Kant

[Swatopluk]

Beware of the goat that is in the lion's lair. ~ Bambara Proverb

[Griffin NoName]

Life is difficult and complicated and beyond anyone's total control, and the humility to know that will enable you to survive its lions.

~JK Rowling

[Swatopluk]

Better to be an ant's head than a lion's tail. ~ Armenian Proverb

[Griffin NoName]

Privacy and security are those things you give up when you show the world what makes lions extraordinary.

[Swatopluk]

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all. ~ Baltasar Gracian