Lions

About Lions

“The food of the lion (causes) indigestion to the wolf.”
— Arab proverb, as quoted in and , Arabic Proverbs: Or, The Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians, (1830).
“There are no pacts between lions and men.”
— , interpreted by Brad Pitt in the film Troy (2004), screenplay by
“The lion's work hours are only when he's hungry; once he's satisfied, the predator and prey live peacefully together.”
— Chuck Jones, Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist (1999), p. 146.
“If thou wert the lion, the fox would beguile thee; if thou wert the lamb, the fox would eat thee; if thou wert the fox, the lion would suspect thee, when, peradventure, thou wert accused by the ass...”
— William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, scene iii.
“The lion who lives a life of compassion will receive it.”
— Sumerian proverb, Collection V at , .
“An army of sheep led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by a sheep.”
— Attributed to Alexander the Great, as quoted in The British Battle Fleet: Its Inception and Growth Throughout the Centuries to the Present Day (1915) by Frederick Thomas Jane, but many variants of similar statements exist which have been attributed to others, though in research done for Wikiquote definite citations of original documents have not yet been found for any of them:

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