“His bark is worse than his bite.”

— George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

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Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest 1593–1633

David Gemmell book Legend

Source: Drenai series, Legend, Pt 1: Against the Horde, Ch. 11
Context: Be at peace, my friend. One thing I have learnt about Death is that his bark is worse than his bite.

“A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites.”
Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.

Quintus Curtius Rufus Roman historian

VII, 4, 13.
Historiarum Alexandri Magni Macedonis Libri Qui Supersunt, Book VII

“Gentlemen, I am a bulldog, and you will find my bark is worse!”

Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) English musician, artist and author

Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1978)

“Dear me," said Will, and he took another bite of his apple. "Is it because I'm better-looking than you?”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince

Source: Clockwork Prince

“A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.”

Herb Caen (1916–1997) American newspaper columnist

Editors of the Reader's Digest. Quotable Quotes, page 144. http://books.google.com/books?id=YdYPgwWFFR0C&pg=PT144 Penguin, 1997 ISBN 1606525956
Attributed

“Old Rover in his moss-greened house
Mumbles a bone, and barks at a mouse.”

Walter de la Mare (1873–1956) English poet and fiction writer

Summer Evening.

“Let dogs delight to bark and bite,
For God hath made them so;
Let bears and lions growl and fight,
For 't is their nature too.”

Isaac Watts (1674–1748) English hymnwriter, theologian and logician

Song 16: "Against Quarrelling and Fighting".
1710s, Divine Songs Attempted in the Easy Language of Children (1715)

“Kong bites his head off in a PG13 kinda way”

Peter Jackson (1961) New Zealand film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter

A note in the 1996 script for 'King Kong quoted in USA Today http://www.angelfire.com/ri/KingKong33/mar05.html

“A dog cannot relate his autobiography; however eloquently he may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were honest but poor.”

Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist

Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits (1948), part II, chapter 1, p. 74
1940s

“Life is too short to waste
The critic bite or cynic bark,
Quarrel, or reprimand;
'Twill soon be dark;
Up! mind thine own aim, and
God speed the mark!”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

To J.W. http://www.emersoncentral.com/poems/to_jw.htm, st. 4
1840s, Poems (1847)

“His bark is worse than his bite.”

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