Top 5 Quotes by Edward Topsell

There is no creature among all the Beasts of the world which hath so great and ample demonstration of the power and wisdom of almighty God as the Elephant.

There is no creature among all the Beasts of the world which hath so great and ample demonstration of the power and wisdom of almighty God as the Elephant.

Edward Topsell

Elephants, World, Beast

God himself must needs be traduced, if there is no unicorn in the world.

Edward Topsell

Needs, World, Unicorn

Edward Topsell (1967). “The History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents and Insects”

Among all the kinds of serpents, there is none comparable to the Dragon.

Edward Topsell

Dragons, Kind, Serpent

Some learned writers . . . have compared a Scorpion to an Epigram . . . because as the sting of the Scorpion lyeth in the tayl, so the force and virtue of an epigram is in the conclusion.

Edward Topsell

Scorpions, Virtue, Force

"The History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents". Book by Edward Topsell, p. 756, 1653.