Lions Quotes

605 Lions quotes by 433 unique authors

If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off. — Agatha Christie
For myself, I always assume that a lion is ferocious, and so I am never caught off my guard. — Edgar Rice Burroughs
Therefore, it is necessary to be a fox to discover the snares and a lion to terrify the wolves — Niccolo Machiavelli
All this shouldn't last; but it will, always; the human 'always' of course, a century, two centuries... and after that it will be different, but… — Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
But tonight, the lion of contentment has placed a warm heavy paw on my chest. — Billy Collins
A work in progress quickly becomes feral. It reverts to a wild state overnight. It is barely domesticated, a mustang on which you one day… — Annie Dillard
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… — Friedrich Nietzsche
To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf. — Epicurus
I like autumn. The drama of it; the golden lion roaring through the back door of the year, shaking its mane of leaves. A dangerous… — Joanne Harris
My alarm clock during my childhood was a pride of lions. — Yann Martel
The lions sing and the hills take flight. The moon by day, and the sun by night. Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool. Let the… — Robert Jordan
Did you ever think, Clarice, why the Philistines don't understand you? It's because you are the answer to Samson's riddle. You are the honey in… — Thomas Harris
You don't go walking into the proverbial lion's den lightly. You start with a good breakfast. — Jim Butcher
What did they feed the lions and tigers with in the ark, sir? — Terry Pratchett
You don't have to shoot me," says the young lion. "I will be your rug and I will lie in front of your fireplace and… — Shel Silverstein
After the sharp-eyed jay and the roaring lion, peace will come on dove's gentle wing. — Erin Hunter
And so the lion fell in love with the lamb…" he murmured. I looked away, hiding my eyes as I thrilled to the word. "What… — Stephenie Meyer
It is a hard thing when one has shot sixty-five lions or more, as I have in the course of my life, that the sixty-sixth… — H. Rider Haggard
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… — Niccolo Machiavelli
He no longer dreamed of storms, nor of women, nor of great occurrences, nor of great fish, nor fights, nor contests of strength, nor of… — Ernest Hemingway
I was about to look away when he reached across the seat, touched my jaw with his long, strong, beautiful fingers, and caressed my face.… — Karen Marie Moning
I’ll wait out here until the two of you are finished. Just call out if you need anything. Like a priest, cop, or lion tamer.… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
The breaking of so great a thing should make A greater crack: the round world Should have shook lions into civil streets, And citizens to… — William Shakespeare
The way to overcome the angry man is with gentleness, the evil man goodness, the miser with generosity, and the liar with truth. (Indian proverb)… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I would rather be the head of a fly than the tail of a lion. — Victor Hugo

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