Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Beast

In order to manage an ungovernable beast he must be stinted in his provender.Queen Elizabeth.

The beast dead the venom dead.French, Italian.

The beast is more savage than man when he is possessed of power equal to his passion.Plutarch.

The beasts are by instinct their own physicians.French, Italian.

The beast that goes well is never without some one to try his paces.Spanish, Portuguese.

There is no beast so savage but it sports with its mate.Spanish.

There is no beast that does not roar in its den.African.