Lions quotes
298 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves."
"The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."
"There is that great proverb — that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter."
"Insanity is being shit on, beat down, coasting through life in a miserable existence when you have a caged lion locked inside and a key to release it."
"You can't pussyfoot around. When you're talking to lions, you can't meow like a pussycat."
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"A pack of jackasses led by a lion is superior to a pack of lions led by a jackass."
"Work on with the intrepidity of a lion but at the same time with the tenderness of a flower."
"This was bad grammar of course, but that is how beavers talk when they are excited; I mean, in Narnia--in our world they usually don't talk at all. - The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe"
"I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species."
"Surrealism is the magical surprise of finding a lion in a wardrobe, where you were 'sure' of finding shirts."
"A lion never roars after a kill."
"Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?"
"I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that wouldn't shut up."
"Lions make leopards tame."
"One must be a fox to recognize traps and a lion to frighten wolves"
"An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions."
"Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide."
"You would not have called to me unless I had been calling to you," said the Lion."
"The prince must be a lion, but he must also know how to play the fox."
"The reason why I praise the lion is because the lion is the king of the jungle."
"True revolution comes from true revulsion; when things get bad enough the kitten will kill the lion."
"A lion chased me up a tree, and I greatly enjoyed the view from the top."
"A lion doesn't concern itself with the opinion of sheep."
"I may not be a lion,but I am lions cub and I have lion's heart"
"I may be personable, but I assure you I am a lion."
