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A stupid dog will not do for the chase. — African (Yoruba)
A dog does not enter a home where they suffer from hunger.— Ugandan
A mischievous dog must be tied short. — Italian
A meatless bone belongs to the dog. — African (Hausa)
A sleeping dog should not be roused for food.— African (Shona)
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A man may provoke his own dog to bite him. — English
A man is not a dog. — African (Ovambo)
A man in a foreign country is like a mad dog. — Indian (Kashmiri)
A man, a horse, and a dog are never weary of each other's company. — English ]
A male dog does not get food for his companion. — African (Bemba)
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A mad dog cannot live long. — French
A barking dog bites little. — English
A puppy does not hunt rabbits with a big dog. — African (Ovambo)
A piece of meat isn't the dog's portion unless it falls on the ground. — African (Hausa)
A biting dog does not bark. — Finnish
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A bone is more valuable to a dog than a pearl. — Filipino
A bone in a mortar is no luck for the dog. — African (Hausa)
A caravan does not turn back at the howling of a dog. — Turkish
A mad dog bites anything but himself. — African (Libya)
A false witness is worthy of being cast to the dogs. — Hebrew
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A garden without a fence is like a dog without a tail. — African (Morocco)
A goat is not a dog; one's own child is not a slave. — African (Ovambo)
A good dog deserves a good bone. — English
A good dog hunts by instinct. — French
A good man protects three villages; a good dog, three houses. — Chinese
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A noisy dog is not fit for hunting. — Indian (Tamil)
A toiling dog comes halting home. — English
A woman's tears and a dog's limping are not real. — Spanish
A talking man is no better than a barking dog. — American
A still dog bites sore. — English
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A small dog is a puppy until old age. — Russian
A burnt child fears the fire, and bitten child fears a dog. — Danish
A dog is sometimes more faithful than a child. — Yiddish
A bashful dog never fattens. — German
A bachelor and a dog may do everything. — Polish
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A modest dog seldom grows fat. — Danish
A dog is wiser than a woman, he does not bark at his master. — Russian
A dog lying down has surrendered. — African (Shona)
A dog speaks for the master. — African (Shona)
A dog may look at a bishop. — French
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A dog once burnt will leave ash covered embers alone. — African (Fulani)
A dog that steals sells its body. — Kenyan
A vicious dog must be tied short. — French
A vicious dog bites its own master. — German
A dog cannot bark and bite at the same time. — Ugandan
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A dog knows the places he is thrown food. — Ugandan
A thieving dog knows itself. — Kenyan
A dog knows the places he is thrown food.— Ugandan
A dog once struck with a firebrand dreads even the sight of lightning. — Indian (Bihar)
A dog soiled with excrement laughs at another soiled with bran. — Korean
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