“A wounded tiger is a dangerous beast.”
Arthur Golden book Memoirs of a Geisha
Source: Memoirs of a Geisha
“There is danger for him who taketh the tiger cub, and danger also for whoso snatches a delusion from a woman.”
— Arthur Conan Doyle, book A Case of Identity
Source: A Case of Identity
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