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| A wolf hankers after sheep even at his last gasp. Dutch. | 1 |
| A wolf is a wolf though it hath torn no sheep. German. | 2 |
| A wolf never eats a lamb by messenger. Modern Greek. | 3 |
| A wolf without teeth is still a wolf. German. | 4 |
| All the sheep are not for the wolf. Italian. | 5 |
| An old wolf is not scared by loud cries. Danish. | 6 |
| An old wolf is used to be shouted at. Dutch. | 7 |
| Bad watch often feeds the wolf. French. | 8 |
| Better the wolf eat us than the fleas. German. | 9 |
| Even counted sheep are eaten by the wolf. French, Italian, German. | 10 |
| Gie ne’er the wolf the wedder to keep. | 11 |
| He hath enough to keep the wolf from the door. | 12 |
| He is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. | 13 |
| If the wolf had stayed in the wood there would have been no hue-and-cry after him. German. | 14 |
| Ill herds make fat wolves. | 15 |
| It is a small thing for which the wolf eats the sheep. | 16 |
| It must be a hard winter when one wolf devours another. Danish. | 17 |
| It needs but small provocation to make the wolf devour the lamb. Danish. | 18 |
| It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep be. Virgil. | 19 |
| One must howl with the wolves. French. | 20 |
| One wolf does not kill another. Spanish, Portuguese. | 21 |
| One would rather be bitten by wolves than by sheep. Danish. | 22 |
| So you tell me there are wolves on the mountains and foxes in the valley. Spanish. | 23 |
| Sooner will the wolf take a sheep for a wife. Latin. | 24 |
| Talk of the wolf and behold his skin. Portuguese. | 25 |
| Talk of the wolf and his tail appears. French, Dutch. | 26 |
| The wolf and fox are both privateers. | 27 |
| The wolf and the fox are both in one story. Spanish. | 28 |
| The wolf bemoans the sheep and then eats it. Italian. | 29 |
| The wolf calls the fox robber. German. | 30 |
| The wolf changes his hair but not his nature. | 31 |
| The wolf changes his coat but not his disposition. | 32 |
| The wolf dances round the well. (Longing for the water he cannot reach.) Latin. | 33 |
| The wolf does not satisfy his hunger with wolf’s flesh. German. | 34 |
| The wolf does not weep over the death of the dog. German. | 35 |
| The wolf does that in the course of the week, which hinders him from going to mass on Sunday. Spanish. | 36 |
| The wolf eats of what is counted. Spanish, Portuguese. | 37 |
| The wolf is always left out of the reckoning. Italian. | 38 |
| The wolf is always said to be more terrible than he is. Italian. | 39 |
| The wolf loses his teeth but not his inclination. Spanish, Portuguese. | 40 |
| The wolf must pay with his skin. German. | 41 |
| The wolf never wants a pretence against the lamb. | 42 |
| The wolf picks the ass’s fleas by moonlight. Spanish. | 43 |
| The wolf preys not in his own field. (Commits no mischief at home.) Spanish, Dutch. | 44 |
| The wolf speaks no ill of himself. German. | 45 |
| The wolf’s death is the life of the sheep. German. | 46 |
| The wolf will die in his skin. French. | 47 |
| There is never a cry of wolf, but the wolf is in the district. Italian. | 48 |
| Though the wolf loses his teeth he never loses his inclination. | 49 |
| Though you teach the wolf the pater noster he will say “lamb, lamb.” Danish. | 50 |
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| Twa wolves may worry ae sheep. | 51 |
| Very hard times in the wood when the wolves eat each other. French. | 52 |
| Were it a wolf it would spring at your throat. (Said to a person hunting a thing that another sees near him.) | 53 |
| What the she-wolf brings forth pleases the he-wolf. French, Spanish. | 54 |
| When one wolf eats another there is nothing to eat in the woods. Spanish. | 55 |
| When the wolf grows old he becomes the sport even of the pups. Modern Greek. | 56 |
| When the wolf grows old the crows ride him. | 57 |
| When the wolf’s ears appear his body is not far off. Danish. | 58 |
| When you see the wolf do not look for his track. Italian. | 59 |
| Where the wolf gets one lamb he looks for another. Italian, Spanish, Portuguese. | 60 |
| Who does not wish to be like the wolf, let him not wear its skin. Italian. | 61 |
| Who hath a wolf for his mate needs a dog for his man. | 62 |
| Who himself is afraid of the wolf, cares not for the sheep. German. | 63 |
| Wolves are often under sheep’s clothing. Danish. | 64 |
| Wolves do not eat wolves. Danish. | 65 |
| You must howl with the wolves when you are among them. Danish. | 66 |
| “Your words are fair,” said the wolf, “but I will not come into the village.” German. | 67 |
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