Cat Proverbs

• "The cat which did not reach the sausage said: Anyhow it is Friday."
  - Georgian Proverb

• "Cats don't catch mice to please God."
  - Afghan Proverb

• "A hero only appears once the tiger is dead."
  - Burmese Proverb

• "The child of a tiger is a tiger."
  - Haitian Proverb

• "Where there are no tigers, a wildcat is very self-important."
  - Korean Proverb

• "Those who dislike cats will be carried to the cemetery in the rain."
  - Dutch Proverb

• "The child of a tiger is a tiger."
  - Haitian Proverb

• "Flatters, like cats, lick and then scratch."
  - German Proverb

• "If you play with a cat, you must not mind her scratch."
  - Yiddish Proverb

• "To live long, eat like a cat, drink like a dog."
  - German Proverb

• "In a cat's eyes, all things belong to cats."
  - English Proverb

• "When the mouse laughs at the cat there's a hole nearby."
  - Nigerian Proverb

• "Wherever the mice laugh at the cat, there you will find a hole."
  - Portugal Proverb

• "All cats are bad in May."
  - French Proverb

• "A cat has nine lives. For three he plays, for three he strays, and for the last three he stays."
  - English and American Proverb

• "A cat with a straw tail keeps away from fire."
  - English Proverb

• "Those that dislike cats will be carried to the cemetery in the rain!"
  - Dutch Proverb

• "After dark all cats are leopards."
  - Native American Proverb (Zuni)

• "An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep."
  - Arab Proverb

• "What the cat is not home, the mice will jump on the table."
  - Dutch Jewish Saying

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