Lion Proverbs

[Swatopluk]

It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life. ~ Elizabeth Kenny

[Sibling DavidH]

Sagt es niemand, nur den Löwen, weil die Menge gleich verhöhnet ...

[Swatopluk]

It's better to be a free dog than a caged lion. ~ Arabian Proverb

[Aphos]

What goes up must come down
Spinning lions got to go 'round

[Swatopluk]

It's an incredibly difficult thing to bring a giraffe down. They can kill a lion with a single blow from their feet. ~ Joanna Lumley

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

Was he [a] Lion?
Hard to say-- but his lips were moving, so it's fairly likely he was.

[pieces o nine]

The thing that you know to be true is the lion that will kill you.

[Griffin NoName]

Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty - a beauty cold and austere, like that of lions.

[Swatopluk]

It is little honor to the lion to seize the mouse. ~ German Proverb

[Sibling DavidH]

Lions in the morning, shepherd's warning;
Shepherds at night, lion's delight.

[Swatopluk]

It is better to be the head of a mouse than the tail of a lion. ~ Gypsy Proverb

[Griffin NoName]

A cynic is a lion who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

[Aphos]

Parallel lions never meet.

[Griffin NoName]

<chuckle>

On my lion tax 1040 it says 'Check this box if you are blind.' I wanted to put a check mark about three inches away.

~ Tom Lehrer

[Swatopluk]

It is all right for the lion and the lamb to lie down together if they are both asleep, but if one of them begins to get active, it is dangerous. ~ Crystal Eastman