Certes, they been lye to hounds, for an hound when he cometh by the roses, or by other bushes, though he may nat pisse, yet wole he heve up his leg and make a countenance to pisse. Geoffrey Chaucer
Entrance and exit wounds are silvered clean, The track aches only when the rain reminds. The one-legged man forgets his leg of wood, The one-armed man his jointed wooden arm. The blinded man sees with his ears and hands As much or more than once with both his eyes. Robert Graves
Maybe it was senseless to want to be near a person so badly here in a country where bullets had shredded her own brothers to pieces. But all Laila had to do was picture Tariq going at Khadim with his leg and then nothing in the world seemed more sensible to her. Khaled Hosseini
When a bull gets his leg broken, he is sure to go back to his yard. Swahili Proverb
The wise man never takes a step too long for his leg. Egyptian Proverb
So long as the wolf is captured the dog will bite his leg. French Proverb