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Shepherd Proverbs
He eats sheep-tail with the wold, and cries with the shepherd.
Persian Proverb
The wolf is upset about what he left behind, and the shepherd is upset about what he took away.
Armenian Proverb
When the dog is awake, the shepherd may sleep.
German Proverb
The good shepherd shears, not flays.
Italian Proverb
No flock without dog and shepherd.
Turkish Proverb
It is the part of a good shepherd to shear his flock, not to skin it.
Latin Proverb
Straying shepherd, straying sheep.
German Proverb
A good shepherd must fleece his sheep, not flay them.
Romanian Proverb
When the shepherd strays, the sheep stray.
Dutch Proverb
He who has daughters is always a shepherd.
French Proverb
The wolf will hire himself out very cheaply as a shepherd.
Russian Proverb
The wolf can always be hired very cheap as a shepherd.
Russian Proverb
Entrust not your goats nor sheep to the unmarried Shepherd.
Turkish Proverb
A man's personal god is a shepherd who finds pasturage for the man. Let him lead him like sheep to the food they can eat.
Sumerian Proverb
The shepherd of a herd of toads must be very patient with his rod.
Chadian Proverb
A shepherd does not strike his sheep.
Nigerian Proverb