For there is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men.
Herman MelvilleTags: men beasts beasts-and-men
And there are loners in rural communities who, at the equinox, are said to don new garments and stroll down to the cities, where great beasts await them, fat and docile.
Louis AragonTags: fat beasts equinox docile loners
Nobody's perfect. We're all just one step up from the beasts and one step down from the angels.
Jeannette WallsTags: mankind angels perfection beasts
They are stupid, they are beasts, they are meat, they are death. I am talking simply but without any affectation.
Vaslav NijinskyI thought the Invalids were beasts; I thought they would rip me apart. But these people saved me, and gave me the softest place to sleep, and nursed me back to health, and haven't asked for anything in return.
The animals are on the other side of the fence: monsters wearing uniforms. They speak softly, and tell lies, and smile as they're slitting your throat.
...if you fall into a lion's pit, the reason the lion will tear you to pieces is not because it's hungry-be assured, zoo animals are amply fed-or because it's bloodthirsty, but because you've invaded it's territory.
Yann MartelTags: nature beasts lions wild-animals
The night belongs to beasts of prey, and always has. It's easy to forget that when you're indoors, protected by light and solid walls.
Cornelia FunkeTags: darkness light prey beasts
The wild women in his lap,' my father enthused, 'laying their breasts on his head.'
There was a moment of stunned silence. Then my mother spoke slowly, with an edge to her voice. 'I think you mean "wild beasts laying their heads in his lap".'
'Do I?
Tags: humor men sex humour wild breasts beasts the-name-of-the-wind
It is also a warning. It is a warning that, if nobody reads the writing on the wall, man will be reduced to the state of the beast, whom he is shaming by his manners.
Mahatma GandhiTags: shame good-manners warnings miss-manners beast beasts the-beast adam-gottbetter writing-on-the-wall
My heart is lost; the beasts have eaten it.
Charles BaudelaireTags: poetry lost heart poem eat conversations beasts charles-baudelaire the-flowers-of-evil eaten les-fleurs-du-mal
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