“… But the human tongue is a beast that few can master. It strains constantly to break out of its cage, and if it is not tamed, it will tun wild and cause you grief.”

“The wild, cruel beast is not behind the bars of the cage. He is in front of it.”

Axel Munthe (1857–1949) Swedish physician

“Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame, a flatterer.”

Ben Jonson (1572–1637) English writer

“My head is full of fire
and grief and my tongue
runs wild, pierced
with shards of glass.”

Federico García Lorca (1898–1936) Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director

“I watch over you betimes to protect you from wild beasts in human form.”

Ignatius of Antioch (35–108) Patriarch of Antioch and martyr saint

“Riggedy riggedy white
Come and spend the night
We'll play some games
Some wild some tame
Cause if you will, you might.

By, Laberge”

D.J. MacHale (1955) American television director and producer

“You tamed the lion in my cage but it just wasn't enough to change my heart”

Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist

“How short our span!
If you once realized how brief,
you would refrain
from causing any beast or man
the smallest grief, the slightest pain.”

Angelus Silesius (1624–1677) German writer

“You were once wild here. Don’t let them tame you.”

Isadora Duncan (1877–1927) American dancer and choreographer

“Précisément! The body — the cage — is everything of the most respectable — but through the bars, the wild animal looks out.”

Agatha Christie book Murder on the Orient Express