"If a lion could talk, we could not understand him."
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"It is faith that makes a lion of a man."
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"I'm gonna be Iron, like a Lion in Zion"
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"I am from the jungle where the lion eats the cobra"
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"If the lion was advised by the fox, he would be cunning."
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"I would rather be the head of a fly than the tail of a lion."
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"Why, that's like being told to go up in the hills to find lions, only you do not know whether there are any lions, but if there are, they may be hunting you, and they may be disguised as bushes. Oh, and if you find any lions, try not to let them eat you before you can tell where they are. -Elayne"
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"I am writing these poems from inside a lion."
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"He's not safe, but he's good (referring to Aslan, the Lion, in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)"
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"Even a hare, the weakest of animals, may insult a dead lion."
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"Therefore another prologue must tell he is not a lion"
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"Every lion has a time in their life when a thorn has got to them at one point."
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"Child,' said the Lion, 'I am telling you your story, not hers. No one is told any story but their own."
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"Where the lion's skin will not reach, you must patch it out with the fox's."
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"Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter."
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"The creation of freedom for oneself and a sacred "No" even to duty -- for that, my brothers, the lion is needed."
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"No absolute is going to make the lion lie down with the lamb: unless the lamb is inside."
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"A lion among ladies is a most dreadful thing."
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"The great roe is a mythological beast with the head of a lion and the body of a lion, though not the same lion."
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"Club Secretary: I say, Lawrence. You are a clown! Lawrence: We can't all be lion tamers."
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