Fierce Quotes - Page 3
No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. But I know none, and therefore am no beast.
'Richard III' (1591) act 1, sc. 2, l. 71
"Epшtre au Roi de Prusse". Book by Voltaire (translated), 1740.
Stephen Jay Gould (1990). “Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History”, p.65, W. W. Norton & Company
'Base Details' (1918)
Juvenal (1871). “The satires of Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, and Lucilius ...”, p.470
From hence, let fierce contending nations know, what dire effects from civil discord flow.
'Cato' (1713) act 5, sc. 1, closing lines
John Milton, Henry John Todd, Thomas Newton, John Aikin (1801). “The Poetical Works of John Milton”, p.275
And feel by turns the bitter change Of fierce extremes, extremes by change more fierce.
'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 2, l. 598
There is not a fiercer hell than the failure in a great object.
Endymion preface (1818)
John Darnielle (2014). “Wolf in White Van: A Novel”, p.22, Macmillan
George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.301