Sayings about Bears
Bulls make money and bears make money, but hogs just get slaughtered. ~ American Proverbs
Never tickle the nose of a sleeping bear. ~ German Proverbs
A bear that dances in your neighbor’s house might soon dance in yours. ~ Macedonian Proverbs
Everyone knows the bear, but the bear knows no one. ~ Finnish Proverbs
The farmer grows the corn, but the bear eats it. ~ Nepalese Proverbs
Call the bear uncle till you are safe across the bridge. ~ Romanian Proverbs
The bear dances but the tamer collects the money. ~ Russian Proverbs
A field in common is always ravaged by bears. ~ Russian Proverb
Only chained bears dance. ~ Russian Proverb
Two bears in one cave will not end up well. ~ Mongolian Proverbs
When a pine needle falls in the forest, the eagle sees it; the deer hears it, and the bear smells it. ~ Traditional Proverb
With time even a bear can learn to dance. ~ Yiddish Proverb
Quotations about Bears
Bears rule! ~ John C. Shepard
People go to the zoo and they like the lion because it’s scary. And the bear because it’s intense, but the monkey makes people laugh. ~ Lorne Michaels
The mountains have always been here, and in them, the bears. ~ Rick Bass
The rule about bears is their unpredictability. ~ Author Unknown
You can beat the Bear once, but never the same way twice. ~ John McKay
A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but we don’t know ourselves! Why, thirty or forty skins or hides, as thick and hard as an ox’s or bear’s, cover the soul. Go into your own ground and learn to know yourself there. ~ Meister Eckhart
Bears: A Brief History. ~ Book preview