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Your Quotes for 8 September 2005 - Lions

Richard Plantagenet was born at Oxfordshire, England on this day in 1157. His mother was Eleanor of Aquitaine and his father Henry II of England. Although he eventually became King Richard I of England, he didn't much care for the job and spent almost none of his life in England - despite the romantic Robin Hood stories. As a young soldier his French subjects called him "Coeur de Lion" - we call him Richard the Lionhearted. Since we used the heart as our theme yesterday, here are some quotes on Lions.

Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.
     - African proverb

It may be better to be a live jackal than a dead lion, but it is better still to be a live lion. And usually easier.
     - Robert Anson Heinlein, 1907 - 1988

It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.
     - Sister Elizabeth Kenny, 1880 - 1952

Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes.
     - The Talmud

If a lion could talk, we could not understand him.
     - Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1889 - 1951

The lion cares less about being king of the beasts than about finding his dinner.
     - Mason Cooley

The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion.
     - Proverbs 28:1

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