Breed up a crow and he will tear out your eyes. 
Proverbs on a similar topic
- Do as you would be done by.
- An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
- Fight fire with fire.
- Bad news travels fast.
- He who digs a pit for others falls in himself.
- As the call, so the echo.
- When Greek meets Greek then comes the tug of war.
- He's met his match.
- Better a lean peace than a fat victory.
- Better an open enemy than a false friend.
- Two of a trade never agree.
- God stays long, but strikes at last.
- Hard words break no bones.
- Eaten bread is soon forgotten.
- Two cats and a mouse, two wives in one house, two dogs and a bone, never agree in one.
- Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.
- Words hurt more than swords.
- A constant guest is never welcome.
- The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.
- He who sows the wind reaps the whirlwind.
- Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heir.
- Better an egg in peace than an ox in war.
- He that all men will please shall never find ease.
- Tongue breaks bone, and herself has none.
- An unbidden guest knows not where to sit.
- He who will stop every man's mouth must have a great deal of meal.
- Quarrelling dogs come halting home.
- Call me cousin but cozen me not.
- The mad dog bites his master.
- The Wise head gives in.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Viperam sub ala nutricas.
Nurse the viper under your wing.
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Alere luporum catulos.
Feed the wolf cubs.
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Anguem in sinu fovet.
He cherishes the snake in his bosom.
French
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Nourris un corbeau, il te crèvera les yeux.
Feed a crow and it'll gouge your eyes out.
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Il nourrit un serpent dans son sein.
He feeds a snake in his bosom.
German
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Füttere den Wolf im Winter und im Sommer frißt er dich.
Feed the wolf in winter and in summer he eats you.
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Erziehst du dir einen Raben, wird er dir die Augen ausgraben.
If you raise a raven, it will dig out your eyes.
Czech
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Vychovaný krkavec i pánu oči vyklove.
A trained raven will peck out the eyes of his master.
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Vychoval psa na svou nohu.
He raised the dog on his leg.