Insect Proverbs "Caution is not cowardice; even the ants march armed." - Ugandan Proverb "Where there is sugar, there are bound to be ants." - Malay Proverb "Beware of a man's shadow and a bee's sting." - Burmese Proverb "Be thine enemy an ant, see in him an elephant.." - Turkish Proverb "A shut mouth catches no flies." - Spanish Proverb "God gives every bird his worm, but he does not throw it into the nest. - Swedish Proverb "Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother." - Moorish Proverb "One catches more flies with a spoonful of honey then with twenty casks of vinegar." - French Proverb "Every worm has its hole." - Yiddish Proverb "At high tide the fish eat ants; at low tide the ants eat fish." - Thai Proverb "An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox." - Mexican Proverb You can't have more bugs than a blanketful. - Spanish Proverb Laws, like the spider's web, catch the fly and let the hawk go free. - Spanish Proverb © 2001 - present. Australian Media Pty Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Please read our Legal Statement and Privacy Policy.