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“We have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation in the other.”

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Thomas Jefferson quotes (American 3rd US President (1801-09). Author of the Declaration of Independence. 1762-1826)

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“Of the Seven Deadly Sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll over your tongue the prospect of bitter confrontations still to come, to savor to the last toothsome morsel both the pain you are given and the pain you are giving back -- in many ways it is a feast fit for a king. The chief drawback is that what you are wolfing down is yourself. The skeleton at the feast is you.”

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“I guess I'm pretty much of a lone wolf. I don't say I don't like people at all but, to tell you the truth I only like it then if I have a chance to look deep into their hearts and their minds.”

Bela Lugosi quotes (Hungarian Actor, 1882-1956)

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“He's mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolf, a horse's health, a boy's love, or a whore's oath.”

William Shakespeare quotes (English Dramatist, Playwright and Poet, 1564-1616)

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“It's foolish sheep that makes the wolf its confessor”

Italian Proverb quotes

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“A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.”

Lana Turner quotes (American film Actress known for her glamorous looks and sexual allure. 1920-1995)

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“Who keeps company with wolves will learn to howl”

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“Ridicule is like a wolf: it only destroys those who fear it”

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“The wolf that one hears is worse than the orc that one fears.”

J.R.R. Tolkien quotes (English Writer and Author of richly inventive epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings, 1892-1973)

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“Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.”

Lord Byron quotes (English Romantic poet and satirist, 1788-1824)

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“The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty.”

Abraham Lincoln quotes (American 16th US President (1861-65), who brought about the emancipation of the slaves. 1809-1865)

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