"Why is Israel like a dove? Other birds, when tired, rest on a branch; but when the dove tires, she rests one wing and flies with the other." ~~ Midrash Genesis R. 39:10
"A snake or scorpion never bit anyone in Jerusalem and a person never said to his fellow there is not enough room for me to sleep in Jerusalem. " ~~ Talmud, Yoma 21a
"If a wolf comes to kill you, you are not bound to pat its back." ~~ Samuel Joseph Agnon
"You cannot make a dog into a lion. " ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) R.
"The worst dog gets the best bone." ~~ Isaac Leibush Peretz
"The king of birds is the eagle." ~~ Talmud, Chagigah
"Who breeds an unruly dog in his house keeps kindness away." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"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
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