Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.
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Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.
ANONYMOUS Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.
GERMAN PROVERB The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must ...
NICCOLò MACHIAVELLI Nothing ever becomes real till experienced – even a proverb is no proverb until your life has illu...
JOHN KEATS The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.
AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced -- even a proverb is no proverb to you till your li...
JOHN KEATS I call on the authorities to release him immediately or publicly air the case against him and give h...
DAVID SCHLESINGER A prince must imitate the fox and the lion, for the lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the ...
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI Brave is the lion tamer, brave is the world subduer, but braver is the one who has subdued himself.
JOHANN GOTTFRIED VON HERDER A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
JOHN KEATS A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it
JOHN KEATS He who flies proves himself guilty
DANISH PROVERB Nostalgia: When you find the present tense and past perfect.
THE LION A proverb is not a proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
JOHN KEATS Defend the church. Defend the family. Defend the non-profit community. Defend them against a governm...
RICK SANTORUM It's your weakness gives them their strength. Mark how they dare not speak to me. A nameless horror ...
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE Let it crumble! Let the rocks revile me and flowers wilt at my coming. Your whole universe is not en...
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The coward never on himself relies,
But to an equal for assistance flies.
GEORGE CRABBE The fox provides for himself, but God provides for the lion.
WILLIAM BLAKE When a lion doesn't get its prey, it remains hungry. When the prey saves himself, he has not won...
UDAY KOTAK Even a dog mocks a lion when the lion is inside a cage.
AMIT KALANTRI A kite flies against the wind, not with it.
WINSTON S. CHURCHILL There is an Italian proverb which saith, From my enemy let me defend myself; but from a pretensed fr...
ELIZABETH I To become a millionaire you must become a Lion, you can't even spell millionaire without the word Li...
P. P. GURUMAULI ANNA SAHEB MORE There may be an indication that Mr. Creswell was acting in self-defense outside the bar. He may have...
CHARLES BRANSON The flies don't even like this stuff.
JEFF HAYES All she did that night is survive, and it is not against the law to survive. Caryn has the right to ...
BARBARA KESHEN It is very difficult to defend against the suicide bombers.
PAUL BEAVER We intend to vigorously defend the charges brought against him.
MICHAEL ZASLAVSKY Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've watche...
NICHOLSON BAKER Even the boldest zebra fears the hungry lion.
UNKNOWN No deer ever gave himself to a lion, because deer felt pity with lions's hunger!
DR. VINOD B. NAIR There's a way to win when the other guy is pitching good against you. You've got to pitch and defend...
TONY LA RUSSA We will defend ourselves vigorously against the allegations.
JEFF PRESCOTT Even rabbits insult an dead lion.
PROVERB Even hares insult a dead lion
PROVERB We intend to vigorously defend ourselves against these claims.
ELIZABETH HOFF Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've wa...
NICHOLSON BAKER I believe that the Government's first duty is to defend its citizens, to defend them against the har...
GORDON SMITH The past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it.
WALT DISNEY COMPANY I am shocked at such allegations. Hank Jr has had to defend himself once already in Memphis last Fri...
KIRT WEBSTER There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however ...
REINHOLD NIEBUHR There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however ...
REINHOLD NIEBUHR Volatile. Fully prepared to defend myself. (when asked how would he describe himself)
JOHNNY ROTTEN When the fool is told a Proverb, its meaning has to be explained to him
AFRICAN PROVERB Arthur himself has never seen anything done to the house - not even paint.
DEB MONAHAN You catch a lot more flies with honey than vinegar, as they say, though I warrant you get even more ...
THOMM QUACKENBUSH Beautiful girls should know how to defend themselves against the advances of gentlemen.
CASSANDRA CLARE They've put Lance in Pandora's Box. And he can't defend himself.
BILL STAPLETON He's frustrated and angry with the way the process works. He wants a chance to defend himself.
DONALD DEMAYO Next month, I will celebrate my 30th anniversary of marriage with my beautiful bride, Vicki. Our mar...
TODD TIAHRT Never fight all the idiots at once, because even a lion has to run away when he encounters a group o...
DR HITESH C SHETH It is easier for a woman to defend her virtue against men than her reputation against women.
SOURCE UNKNOWN It is easier for a woman to defend her virtue against men than her reputation against women.
SOURCE UNKNOWN But I cannot tell that to this old sinner, and I cannot comfort him either; he has made himself unab...
C.S. LEWIS Isn’t it strange how a lamb can feel like a lion when comparing itself to a mouse, whereas a lion ...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH When he is given a fair opportunity to defend himself, the allegations will be demonstrated to be un...
EDDIE GREENSPAN For even flies shy away from formaldehyde-treated fish.
ATIEK HERWATI Every now and then the government must defend itself against itself.
VIKRANT PARSAI Since they won't tell him what he did, it's impossible for him to defend himself.
DANIEL PEREZ We have to understand what the virus' tricks are ...to treat or defend against it.
MARSHALL BLOOM One doesn't defend one's god; one's god is in himself a defense.
HENRY JAMES For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when...
BIBLE You never walk alone. Even the devil is the lord of flies.
GILLES DELEUZE Solitude is a way to defend the spirit against the murderous din of our materialism.
THOMAS MERTON The defendant needs to be fairly informed of the charges against which he must defend,
DAVID PARK Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Every author in some degree portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Three flies can consume a carcass at the same rate as a full-grown lion. If the temperature and the ...
EMILY CRAIG The best plan is, as the common proverb has it, to profit by the folly of others
LOPE DE VEGA We had to defend against a bunch. There were too many coming against us, so we moved it inside.
AISLING MACRUNNELS Even hares pull a lion by the beard when he is dead
PROVERB A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
EDWARD ABBEY A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
EDWARD ABBEY Obviously we will vigorously defend any lawsuit against Mr. Bennett.
GARY NAFTALIS Governments last as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves against the overtaxed.
BERNHARD BERENSON He was not defending himself. How could I defend myself when I didn't have a weapon? ... How is he d...
BRENDA COLEMAN You can't pick and choose which types of freedom you want to defend. You must defend all of it or be...
SCOTT HOWARD PHILLIPS A lioness has got a lot more power than the lion likes to think she has.
JACKI WEAVER I intend to continue vigorously to defend the city's affirmative action program against any challeng...
LOUISE RENNE A fire-eater must eat fire even if he has to kindle it himself.
ISAAC ASIMOV If you are a deer, they are aggressive, but we are something that they don't want or need. But even ...
TROY SWAUGER Men have always need of god! A god to defend them against other men..
FRANCIS PICABIA He who binds to himself a joy doth the winged life destroy. But he who kisses the joy as it flies ...
WILLIAM BLAKE He who binds to himself a joy doth the winged life destroy. But he who kisses the joy as it flies li...
WILLIAM BLAKE He who binds himself to a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies ...
WILLIAM BLAKE He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Li...
WILLIAM BLAKE those who will defend authority against rebellion must not themselves rebel.
J.R.R. TOLKIEN Governments last only as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves against the overtaxed
BERNARD BERENSON If you have never taken the oath to support and defend the Constitution, then support and defend som...
PHILLIP HENDRICK The first crime was mine: I committed it when I made man mortal. Once I had done that, what was left...
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE Good digestions, the gray monotony of provincial life, and the boredom—ah the soul-destroying bore...
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE It is absurd to hold that a man should be ashamed of an inability to defend himself with his limbs, ...
ARISTOTLE It's very important for institutions of concentrated power to keep people alone and isolated: that w...
NOAM CHOMSKY Now, the time has come for the rest of the world to recognize that a federal, democratic Iraq that c...
JALAL TALABANI The more we know about this threat, the more we know we have to act to defend against it.
STEVE ISRAEL Our law calleth a man's house, his castle, meaning that he may defend himself therein
WILLIAM LAMBARDE There is nothing an author today has to guard himself more carefully against than the Saga Habit. Th...
P.G. WODEHOUSE Government lasts as long as the under-taxed can defend themselves against the over-taxed.
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