Cat foot soft but he does scratch hard.
“The cat's paw is soft, but it scratches hard.”
A gentle, friendly appearance does not guarantee that a person is harmless or trustworthy.
— Traditional Guyana Wisdom, Guyana
Source: Traditional Guyanese proverb, public-domain oral tradition
More Proverbs from Guyana
If the rain itself could not fill it, the dew certainly won't.
If a sustained, serious effort already failed to achieve something, a smaller, lesser effort will not succeed where it did not.
Don't go looking for a firebrand at night for what you could plainly see in the day.
Don't wait until it's too late, or make things needlessly difficult, when a warning sign was already clear all along.
Whoever eats fire will pass something cold.
If you ignore sound advice or take a reckless risk, you must live with whatever painful consequence follows.
If oil is floating on top, you know there is water underneath.
A single visible clue can reveal a much larger truth hidden beneath the surface.
After laughter comes crying.
Moments of joy and ease are often followed, sooner or later, by hardship or sorrow.
At night, every bush looks like a man.
Fear distorts perception, making ordinary things seem far more frightening or threatening than they really are.