"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
"When an ox falls, his butchers are many. [When a man is down, his enemies multiply.]" ~~ Lamentations R.
"One should not rear a vicious dog in one’s home. " ~~ Talmud, Ketubot
"If the wolf speaks of peace, gather in your flock at once!" ~~ Mishle Yehoshua
"A scholar who abandons study is like ‘a bird that strays from the nest.’" ~~ Talmud, Chagigah
"Grasp not the horns of a powerful ox!" ~~ Hai Gaon
"The ants are not a mighty people, yet they make ready their food in the summer. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 30:25
"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
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