"Man’s chief superiority over animals is his power of speech; if he abuses it, he is no higher than they." ~~ The Sassover Rabbi
"Go to the ant, you sluggard, consider her ways and be wise!" ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 6:6
"The elephant is frightened of the gnat." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"Man is likened unto a bird. A bird can fly upward and upward so long as it moves its wings." ~~ Yisrael Salanter (Lipkin)
"A man should not eat before he feeds his livestock. " ~~ Talmud, Berakhot
"When an ox falls, his butchers are many. [When a man is down, his enemies multiply.]" ~~ Lamentations R.
"I had rather dwell with a lion and a dragon than keep house with a wicked woman." ~~ Ben Sira 25:16
"It is only cats that “meow” and wail, lions roar. " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik
"If the eagle goes walking, he will be trodden on like any worm." ~~ S. Ben Zion
"Two dogs were bad friends. One day the wolf attacked one of them. Quoth the other: “If I do not help him today, the wolf will destroy him and tomorrow attack me.” So they joined forces and killed the wolf." ~~ Talmud, Sanhedrin
"When dogs howl, the Angel of Death is in town; when they play, the prophet Elijah is." ~~ Talmud, Bava Qamma
"No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation. " ~~ Fran Lebowitz
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