Animals Archives - Jewish Quotations

"When dogs howl, the Angel of Death is in town; when they play, the prophet Elijah is." ~~ Talmud, Bava Qamma

"Whoso casts a stone at a bird will frighten it away; and whoso abuses a friend will estrange affection." ~~ Ben Sira 22:23

"It is only cats that “meow” and wail, lions roar. " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik

"There is nobody as wise as a whipped dog." ~~ Shalom Aleichem

"Who breeds an unruly dog in his house keeps kindness away." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat

"When an ox falls, his butchers are many. [When a man is down, his enemies multiply.]" ~~ Lamentations R.

"A man should not eat before he feeds his livestock. " ~~ Talmud, Berakhot

"Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read." ~~ Groucho Marx

"Not everyone who is not a wolf must be a lamb." ~~ Moshe Leib Lilienblum

"If the wolf speaks of peace, gather in your flock at once!" ~~ Mishle Yehoshua

"If you judge men by their beards and their girth, then goats are the wisest creatures on earth." ~~ Joseph Solomon Delmedigo

"You don’t put the cat in charge of the cream." ~~ Yiddish Proverb