Eagles don't catch flies

French: L'aigle ne chasse pas les mouches (literally: The eagle does not hunt flies)
Spanish: El águila no caza moscas (literally: The eagle doesn't hunt flies)
Japanese: 鷲は蠅を捕まえない (Washi wa hae wo tsukamaenai) (literally: An eagle does not catch flies)

Meaning: People of high purpose and ambition don't concern themselves with petty matters.

Origin: Latin proverb (Aquila non capit muscas) used by Erasmus in Adagia (1500).