"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
"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
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