A good sheep bleats little and gives much wool. (English) A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy. (English) All the sheep are not for the wolf. (Italian) Better to give the wool than the sheep. (Italian) Do not allow the sheep to die for a halfpenny of...

[edit] Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are quadrupedal, cloven-hoofed mammals kept as livestock. Though technically the term "sheep" applies to any species in the genus Ovis, in everyday use it almost always refers to Ovis aries. Sheep are the most numerous...