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Do not call to a dog with a whip in your hand.
African Zulu Proverb
Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle.
Ghana Proverb
If a rich man eats a snake, people call it wisdom; if a poor man does the same thing, people call it derangement.
Lebanese Proverb
You come with a cat and call it a rabbit.
Cameroon Proverb
If you call one wolf, you invite the pack.
Bulgarian Proverb
Call on God, but row away from the rocks.
Hindi Proverb
The cobra will bite you whether you call it cobra or Mr. Cobra.
Hindi Proverb
If you call a lady a slave, she laughs, but if you call a slave a slave, he cries.
Hindi Proverb
No call alligator long mouth till you pass him.
Jamaican Proverb
Friendship, we call it friendship, but without sincerity.
Algerian Proverb
You play with a snake and call it a worm.
Yemeni Proverb
Call a woman a harlot and you make her one.
Darkovan Proverb
Don't call in the doctor after the funeral.
Japanese Proverb
Fortune will call at the smiling gate.
Japanese Proverb
Call someone your lord and he'll sell you in the slave market.
Arabic Proverb
You may preach ever so long to the wolf, he will nevertheless call for the lamb before night.
Danish Proverb
Never call a Kerry man a fool until you're sure he's not a rogue.
Irish Proverb
Eat of your own, and call yourself mine.
Portuguese Proverb
You should not call in a cat to settle the argument of two birds.
Hindi Proverb
A Tatar says to a Tatar: Call me Aga and I will call you Aga, and we shall both be Agas.
Georgian Proverb
A priest is a man who is called Father by everyone except his own children who are obliged to call him Uncle.
Italian Proverb
Enjoy yourself; for there is nothing in the world we can call our own.
Macedonian Proverb
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