Lion Proverbs

[Swatopluk]

the early bird catches the first lion

[Griffin NoName]

Between two lions, I always pick the one I never tried before.

~Mae West

[pieces o nine]

One toke over the lion sweet Jesus, one toke over the lion.

[Sibling DavidH]

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;
Or close the wall up with our English lions.
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility:
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the lion...

[Swatopluk]

The lions have come home to roost

[Sibling DavidH]

Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages
And palmeres for to seken straunge lions...

[Opsa]

Behold the lions of the field, how they grow. They labor not, neither spin. And yet for all that I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his royalty, was not arrayed like unto one of these.

[Sibling DavidH]

He drive all liones out of this Ile.
Soe Arthur lived in peace a while,
   As men of mickle maine,
Knights strove of their degree,
Which of them hyest shold bee;
   Therof Arthur was not faine.

[Aphos]

Lions wobble, but they don't fall down.

[Griffin NoName]

It usually takes 100 years to make a lion, and then, after it's done its work, it usually takes 100 years to be rid of it.

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

Never confuse a dead lion with a live sheep; although the two often resemble one another, on rare occasions, the dead lion isn't actually dead...

[pieces o nine]

Fashion fades, only lions remain the same.
~Coco Chanel

[Aphos]

In the beginning, God created the lions and the Earth.

[Griffin NoName]

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the lions of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

~Sir Winston Churchill

[Aphos]

Home is where the lions are.