--- title: "4 Great Dragon Quotes by 3 authors" description: "Browse 4 Great Dragon quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Great Dragon sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f09/friedrich-nietzsche-15_conquer_here-the-spirit-becomes-a-lion-who-would_1652891.jpg" --- > [Here the spirit becomes a lion who would conquer his freedom and be master… Who is the great dragon whom the spirit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/here-the-spirit-becomes-a-lion-who-would-conquer-his-freedom-and-be/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f09/friedrich-nietzsche-15_conquer_here-the-spirit-becomes-a-lion-who-would_1652891.jpg) > [“Here he seeks out his last master: he wants to fight him and his last god; for ultimate victory he wants to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/here-he-seeks-out-his-last-master-he-wants-to-fight-him-and-his-last/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98d/friedrich-nietzsche-15_religion_here-he-seeks-out-his-last-master-he-wan_2658189.jpg) > [I remember nothing about it except a philological fact. My mother said nothing about the dragon, but pointed out that one could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/i-remember-nothing-about-it-except-a-philological-fact-my-mother-said/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df9/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_dragons_i-remember-nothing-about-it-except-a-phi_2977553.png) > [“Ye gods, it was so much better when there were just four of us up against that bloody great dragon, Vimes thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/ye-gods-it-was-so-much-better-when-there-were-just-four-of-us-up/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad3/terry-pratchett-19_great-dragon_ye-gods-it-was-so-much-better-when-there_3164459.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/great-dragon/#itemlist", "name": "Great Dragon Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Here the spirit becomes a lion who would conquer his freedom and be master… Who is the great dragon whom the spirit will no longer call lord and go? ‘Thou shalt’ is the name of the great dragon. 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