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Let sleeping dogs lie.
English Proverb
A sleeping fox finds no meat.
Brazilian Proverb
A sleeping fox counts chicken in his dreams.
Russian Proverb
You may laugh at a friend's roof; don't laugh at his sleeping accommodation.
Kenyan Proverb
Nobody wants to buy a sleeping horse.
Mexican Proverb
Sleeping shrimp gets taken by the current.
Puerto Rican Proverb
Don't kick a sleeping dog.
Madagascan Proverb
If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito.
Sudanese Proverb
The sleeping fox catches no poultry.
Danish Proverb
Law helps the waking, luck may come to the sleeping.
Danish Proverb
Let sleeping dogs lie.
German Proverb
No good will come of over sleeping.
Welsh Proverb
No sheep runs into the mouth of a sleeping wolf.
Dutch Proverb
Only a medicine man gets rich by sleeping.
Kamba Proverb
An idle person may have just three tasks: sleeping, eating and quarrelling.
Kashmir Proverb
One can not stop sleeping in fear of bad dreams.
Amharic Proverb
When sleeping women wake, mountains move.
Tahitian Proverb
There will be sleeping enough in the grave.
Traditional Proverb
Do not wake one who is sleeping; you will fall asleep yourself.
Swahili Proverb
Sleeping people can't fall down.
Japanese Proverb
Wake not a sleeping lion.
Chinese Proverb
To serve a prince is like sleeping with a tiger.
Chinese Proverb
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