Foxes Quotes

• Be like the fox
  who makes more tracks than necessary,
  some in the wrong direction.
  Practice resurrection.

  Wendell Berry

  Practice, Track, Resurrection

  Wendell Berry (2012). “New Collected Poems”, p.174, Counterpoint Press

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• To make women learned and foxes tame has the same effect - to make them more cunning.

  King James I

  Cunning, Effects

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• If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Thinking, Tricks, Deals

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• For a good life: Work like a dog. Eat like a horse. Think like a fox. And play like a rabbit.

  George Allen

  Dog, Horse, Good Life

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• A fox is subtlety itself.

  Aristophanes

  Subtlety

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• Do not despair of life. You have no doubt force enough to overcome your obstacles. Think of the fox prowling through wood and field in a winter night for something to satisfy his hunger. Notwithstanding cold and the hounds and traps, his race survives. I do not believe any of them ever committed suicide.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Suicide, Believe, Suicidal

  "Thoreau and the Art of Life: Precepts and Principles Эту информацию не копировать в источник:".

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• Let's be perfectly clear, shall we. The fox is not a little orange puppy dog with doe eyes and a waggly tail. It's a disease-ridden wolf with the morals of a psychopath and the teeth of a great white shark.

  Jeremy Clarkson

  Dog, Eye, Sharks

  "The World According to Clarkson". Book by Jeremy Clarkson, 2004.

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• "Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. "But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Inspirational, Men, Forever

  "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, (Ch. XXI), 1943.

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• The cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf.

  Thomas Paine

  War, Violence, Cunning

  Thomas Paine, John P. Kaminski (2002). “Citizen Paine: Thomas Paine's Thoughts on Man, Government, Society, and Religion”, p.76, Rowman & Littlefield

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• A fox is a wolf who sends flowers.

  Ruth Brown

  Flower

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• The sleeping fox catches no poultry.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Business, Educational, Sleep

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Easyread Edition”, p.243, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• One must be a fox to recognize traps and a lion to frighten wolves

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Lions, Traps

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• I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Lying, Government Lies, Knowing

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• An actor is never so great as when he reminds you of an animal - falling like a cat, lying like a dog, moving like a fox.

  Francois Truffaut

  Dog, Falling In Love, Lying

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• Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Funny, Time, Age

  Benjamin Franklin (1963). “The Autobiography, and Other Writings: With Selections from Poor Richard's Almanac and Papers Relating to the Junto”

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• Shake paws, count your claws, You steal mine, I'll borrow yours. Watch my whiskers, check both ears. Robber foxes have no fears.

  Brian Jacques

  Watches, Ears, Paws

  Brian Jacques (2002). “Mossflower: A Tale from Redwall”, p.150, Penguin

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• We communicate like the burrows of foxes, in silence and darkness, under ground. We are undermined by faith and love.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Faith, Communication, Silence

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.1644, Delphi Classics

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• The fox condemns the trap, not himself.

  William Blake

  Traps

  William Blake (2013). “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (Illuminated Manuscript with the Original Illustrations of William Blake)”, p.52, e-artnow

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• You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Life, Dog, Responsibility

  "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, (Ch. XXI), 1943.

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• A fox looked at his shadow at sunrise and said, “I will have a camel for lunch today.” And all morning he went about looking for camels. But at noon he saw his shadow again-and he said, “A mouse will do.

  Khalil Gibran

  Morning, Lunch, Sunrise

  Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

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• I am looking for friends. What does that mean - tame?" "It is an act too often neglected," said the fox. "It means to establish ties." "To establish ties?" "Just that," said the fox. "To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Mean, Boys, Unique

  Antoine De Saint-Exupery (2015). “The Little Prince: "Illustrated Edition"”, p.85, eKitap Projesi

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• She tastes like nectar and salt. Nectar and salt and apples. Pollen and stars and hinges. She tastes like fairy tales. Swan maiden at midnight. Cream on the tip of a fox’s tongue. She tastes like hope.

  Laini Taylor

  Stars, Apples, Swans

  Laini Taylor (2011). “Daughter of Smoke and Bone: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy”, p.79, Hachette UK

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• The prince must be a lion, but he must also know how to play the fox.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Play, Lions, Know How

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• 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 a lion to frighten wolves.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Lions, Traps, Protect

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2017). “The Prince”, p.55, Knickerbocker Classics

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• The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Strength, Best Husband

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