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Albert Camus, Resistance, Rebellion and Death (1960) · J. R. R. Tolkien, Mandos, The Silmarillion, Of the Flight of the Noldor · James Branch Cabell, The Silver Stallion, 1926 · Lionel Richie · Lionel Trilling · Lionel Trilling, The Liberal Imagination (1950)

An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep. – Arab Proverb
Contrary to popular belief, the most dangerous animal is not the lion or tiger or even the elephant. The most dangerous animal is a shark riding on an elephant, just trampling and eating everything they see. – Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
Do not try to fight a lion if you are not one yourself. – African Proverb
A deer that knows all the hunting techniques of a lion will never fall prey to a lion! – Mehmet Murat ildan
A deer that knows all the hunting techniques of a lion will never fall prey to a lion! – Mehmet Murat ildan
A deer that knows all the hunting techniques of a lion will never fall prey to a lion! – Mehmet Murat ildan
A lion or a tiger does not need bodyguards; only the weak and the coward need warriors to protect him! A king needs an army and soldiers, because he is weak and powerless. Wherever you see someone protected; there, you will see either the weak or the coward! Strong fist does not require defenders! Shining sword is not in need of protection! – Mehmet Murat ildan
A swan is out of place among crows, a lion among bulls, a horse among asses, and a wise man among fools. – Burmese Proverb
At 20 a man is a peacock, at 30 a lion, at 40 a camel, at 50 a serpent, at 60 a dog, at 70 an ape, and at 80 nothing. – Baltasar Gracian
Cat a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings. – Oliver Herford
Fainthearted animals move about in herds. The lion walks alone in the desert. Let the poet always walk thus. – Alfred Victor Vigny
Hares can gamble over the body of a dead lion. – Publilius Syrus
Hares can gambol over the body of a dead lion. – Publilius Syrus
I am more afriad of an army of 100 sheep lead by a lion than an army of 100 lions lead by a sheep. – Tallyrand
I have not seen any Christian sparrow or Muslim lion or Jewish elephant! Animals are lucky as they have not yet invented the religion! – Mehmet Murat ildan
Ignorant have always the tendency to see the donkey as the noble horse, to see the pig as the lion! Ignore the judgements of the ignorant, because ignorant makes the ant elephant; he declares the stupid as the intelligent; he carries the silly on his shoulders! – Mehmet Murat ildan
It is better to be a lion for a day than a sheep for your whole life. – Elizabeth Henry
It's all in the day's work, as the huntsman said when the lion ate him. – Charles Kingsley
It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life. – Elizabeth Kenny
One must be a fox in order to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten off wolves. – Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
Only a sheep with lion's heart can attack wolf, not the sheep with lion's teeth or with lion's claw! – Mehmet Murat ildan
Prosperity attends the lion-hearted man who exerts himself, while we say, destiny will ensure it. Laying aside destiny, show manly fortitude by thy own strength: if thou endeavour, and thy endeavours fail of success, what crime is there in failing? – The Hitopadesa
Prosperity is acquired by exertion, and there is no fruit for him who doth not exert himself: the fawns go not into the mouth of a sleeping lion. – The Hitopadesa
Ron Guidry is not very big, maybe 140 pounds, but he has an arm like a lion. – Jerry Coleman
So as a prince is forced to know how to act like a beast, he must learn from the fox and the lion; becouse the lion is defenceless against traps and the fox is defenceless against wolves. Therefore one must be a fox in order to recognise traps and lion to frighten off wolves. – Niccollo Machavelli, The Prince.

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